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+// $Id: uint2str.c,v 1.1.2.1 2003/10/14 15:19:14 ensc Exp $ --*- c++ -*--
+
+// Copyright (C) 2003 Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+#include "compat.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+size_t
+utilvserver_uint2str(char *buf, size_t len, unsigned int val, unsigned char base)
+{
+ char *ptr = buf+len-1;
+ register size_t res;
+ if (base>=36 || len==0) return 0;
+
+ *ptr = '\0';
+ while (ptr>buf) {
+ unsigned char digit = val%base;
+
+ --ptr;
+ *ptr = (digit<10 ? '0'+digit :
+ digit<36 ? 'a'+digit-10 :
+ (assert(false),'?'));
+
+ val /= base;
+ if (val==0) break;
+ }
+
+ assert(ptr>=buf && ptr<=buf+len-1);
+
+ res = buf+len-ptr;
+ memmove(buf, ptr, res);
+
+ return res-1;
+}