ASCII table going crazy?

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03-26-2003
Jamsan

ASCII table going crazy?

Well, I'm trying to output the ascii table, and most of it is fine....it'll print up to 127 Fine, but then it goes awire after that....anyone know why?

Code:

case 256: { RECT a; int x = (ww - 220) / 2; int y = 20; a.left = x; a.top = y; a.right = x + 50; a.bottom = y + 15; pDC->DrawText("Index",&a,DT_SINGLELINE|DT_CENTER); a.left = x+65; a.right=x+135; pDC->DrawText("Character",&a,DT_SINGLELINE|DT_CENTER); a.left = x+150; a.right = x+220; pDC->DrawText("Frequency",&a,DT_SINGLELINE|DT_CENTER); y+=20; for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) { sprintf(b, "%d", i); pDC -> TextOut (x + 25, y, b); sprintf(b, "%c", i); pDC -> TextOut (x + 100, y, b); sprintf(b, "%d", m_FreqAscii[i]); pDC -> TextOut (x + 180, y, b); y+=20; } break; }
03-26-2003
adrianxw

First thought...

127 = 0x7f
128 = 0x80

Not using a signed byte when you should be using an unsigned are you?

What is b?
03-26-2003
Jamsan

nope its an unsigned integer....b is just a temporary string
03-26-2003
adrianxw

>>> b is just a temporary string

Declared where and how? It is very difficult to debug parts of program, very much easier to compile it and run it in a decent debugger. Can you not set a break point in the loop and watch what all the various values are doing when i goes from 127 to 128?

To make sure it is the 127 -> 128 that is causing the problem, start your loop at, say, 10, rather than 0 and see if it still breaks at 127, or now at 137 or something.
03-26-2003
Codeplug

That will just print what ever glyph is in the DC's current Font for that ascii code/index.
You can use the "character map" utility that comes installed on most windows machines to see what glyph will be used for that font.

Here's more info.

gg
03-26-2003
Jamsan

right above the switch statement

Code:

char b[400];

i didn't try your idea, but i did, if i was equal to 127, to not output that, and then dkeep going, but it still did the same thing....trying your idea now.
03-26-2003
Jamsan

Quote:

Originally posted by Codeplug
That will just print what ever glyph is in the DC's current Font for that ascii code/index.
You can use the "character map" utility that comes installed on most windows machines to see what glyph will be used for that font.

Here's more info.

gg

I have that table in front of me as well, here, let me show you an executable of the code ....(ill upload a text file incase you dont have any handy)...gimme a second
03-26-2003
adrianxw

>>> That will just print what ever glyph is in the DC's current Font for that ascii code/index.

Yeah, but pretty much every font has at least some printable characters above 127. I suppose it is worth checking though.
03-26-2003
Codeplug

F the table, read the text:

Quote:

The ASCII character code charts contain the decimal and hexadecimal values of the extended ASCII (American Standards Committee for Information Interchange) character set. The extended character set includes the ASCII character set and 128 other characters for graphics and line drawing, often called the "IBM character set."

The characters that appear in Windows above 127 depend on the selected typeface.

Quote:

That will just print what ever glyph is in the DC's current Font for that ascii code/index [especially for characters above 127].

All I was pointing out.

gg
03-26-2003
Jamsan

ok well here is the executable, and here is a test text file
03-26-2003
adrianxw

You'll find that people will not in general download and run unknown executables from whatever source, there is just too much malicious stuff around.

If you want someone to try it, post the source plus any special headers and resource files necessary, and they can compile it themseleves, (zip it together and post the .zip).
03-26-2003
Jamsan

ok, here is the source code...its in MFC, so i didnt think many people would have VC++...
03-26-2003
adrianxw

>>> so i didnt think many people would have VC++...

Lot of pro's in here ;)

Okay, it compiles and runs fine. If I choose File Analysis->Fine Characteristics->Frequency of... I get a 0-255 list with an ASCII equivalent and the frequency of each in a file, (readme.txt).

Some of the characters are printable in my default font, others print a splat. No suprise there.

What command sequence should I issue to break it?
03-26-2003
Jamsan

i'm really not sure what your asking?

however, did u notice after 127 how things start to get crazy?
03-26-2003
Codeplug

Put this in your OnDraw()...

Code:

LOGFONT lf = {0}; strcpy(lf.lfFaceName,"Times New Roman"); CFont font; font.CreateFontIndirect(&lf); pDC->SelectObject(font);

Times New Roman will has more glyphs that will show up in the chart :)

gg
03-26-2003
Jamsan

the problem isnt having the characters show...its that after 127 they all get jumbled up....if anyone runs the program, itll have things such as accented characters (from other languages) as ascii characters 224 -> 255....its not a problem of displaying them, its that they get all out of order after that....
03-26-2003
Codeplug

Quote:

they all get jumbled up...they get all out of order after that

What are you talking about? Printable characters are between 0x20 and 0x7E, everthing else can be whatever the Font defines.

Your program runs fine.

gg
03-26-2003
Codeplug

If you want your characters to look just like the one's in the table, then use this code in your OnDraw()...

Code:

LOGFONT lf = {0}; lf.lfCharSet = OEM_CHARSET; strcpy(lf.lfFaceName,"Terminal"); CFont font; font.CreateFontIndirect(&lf); pDC->SelectObject(font);

gg
03-26-2003
Jamsan

ok thats exactly who i need it to be outputted!! thank you much !!....lastly, is there any way to make the font smaller? (or any other fonts that will work like this one?)
03-27-2003
adrianxw

>>> however, did u notice after 127 how things start to get crazy?

No, I didn't, but if you're happy now, it's immaterial, (this is just the end, the rest of the table looked similar). Of course it has accented characters in it, that's what the font has in those positions!

You can load different built in fonts with GetStockObject() or make your own with CreateFont(). I expect there are MFC versions of these, (I use the raw API). You'll be able to change the point size with these.