Thread: atoi produces segfault

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    atoi produces segfault

    anyone know why atoi produces a segfault? I want to convert '\xFF' to 255 integer. Heres the code:

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    printf("%d",atoi('\xFF'));

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    For one thing single quotes are around character, you need double quotes for string literals.
    Another thing is that atoi might not be able to convert hex strings, you might try strtol.
    I might be wrong.

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    Why don't you just write it like this?
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    printf("%d",0xFF);
    I don't see the problem, compiler will always convert octal and hexadecimal values into decimals at compile time. If you want to print values in hexadecimal format than you should use %x.
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    printf("%x",0xFF);
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    Quote Originally Posted by hauzer View Post
    Why don't you just write it like this?
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    printf("%d",0xFF);
    I don't see the problem, compiler will always convert octal and hexadecimal values into decimals at compile time. If you want to print values in hexadecimal format than you should use %x.
    Code:
    printf("%x",0xFF);

    I cant do that because im really doing something like this:

    Code:
    if (myarray[*mystruct.myval] == '\xFF') { ...code}
    NOTE: mystruct is just a struct and myval is a pointer to a character... i need to turn it into an int to access the value in myarray

    any ideas?
    Last edited by someprogr; 11-04-2008 at 11:22 AM.

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    But... but... '\xFF' IS the number 255.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabstop View Post
    But... but... '\xFF' IS the number 255.
    right, so i would be accessing myarray[255]... thats what i want... i need to convert the char to an int so i can access the array

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    Never mind the update to the O/P's post is what I was after.
    Maybe an extra pair of parenthesis if I understand what you are after or not...
    Code:
    if (myarray([*mystruct.myval] == '\xFF')) { ...code}
    Last edited by itCbitC; 11-04-2008 at 11:36 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by someprogr View Post
    right, so i would be accessing myarray[255]... thats what i want
    You say this as though myarray[(unsigned char)'\xFF'] doesn't work or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabstop View Post
    You say this as though myarray[(unsigned char)'\xFF'] doesn't work or something.

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    if (myarray[*mystruct.myval] == '\xFF') { ...code}
    does not work when myval = 255

    however....

    Code:
    if (myarray[255] == '\xFF') { ...code}
    works.... Why?

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    Back-to-Basics show declaration and initialization of mystruct.
    and are you comparing the array index or the value stored at myarray[255]??

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    Is mystruct.myval a pointer?
    More importantly, do you get any warnings? Did you try enabling maximum warnings on your compiler?
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    Quote Originally Posted by itCbitC View Post
    Back-to-Basics show declaration and initialization of mystruct.
    and are you comparing the array index or the value stored at myarray[255]??
    Ok... I found something out:

    myval in mystruct = \xD8... however when it is getting passed over and casted to an (int) it now = -40.... I need it to equal its true value of 216... How can I do this?

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    That's why I cast to unsigned in my example. '\xD8' is -40 as signed, but 216 as unsigned.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tabstop View Post
    That's why I cast to unsigned in my example. '\xD8' is -40 as signed, but 216 as unsigned.
    ahhhh that did it thanks!

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