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Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ?

From Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ?
Date 2024-06-21 18:15 +0100
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 18:28:39 +0300
> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:58:01 -0000 (UTC)
>> gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) wrote:
>> > 
>> > Yeah, now I get it.  You really only need strtoimax() and
>> > strtoumax(). 
>> 
>> Which are? uunfortunately, not part of C standard.
>> 
>> > A result of any smaller type can be obtained by calling one of these
>> > functions and storing the result in an object of the smaller type.
>> >   
>> 
>> Or check for range and handle out of range values as appropriate by
>> situation.
>
> BTW, I don't know what The Standard says about out-of-range inputs, but
> at least https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/string/byte/strtol does not
> say anything certain. especially about what stored in *str_end.

It says what value should be returned.  That's something certain!

As for what gets put into *str_end that page could be clearer.  The
standard says that a pointer just past the last of the digits is stored,
provided the input has the right form (spaces, sign, prefix, digits).
The cppreference page says a pointer just past "the last numeric
character interpreted" which begs the question of what "interpreted"
means when the result is possibly out of range.  Maybe saying "scanned"
rather than interpreted would be better.  The end pointer always points
just past any syntactically valid characters, even when the result is
out of range.

-- 
Ben.

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The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-06-20 14:06 +0000
  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-20 14:46 +0000
    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-20 14:37 -0700
  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-20 14:48 +0000
  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-06-20 15:26 +0000
  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-20 22:55 +0000
    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-06-20 23:35 +0000
  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-06-21 13:58 +0000
    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-21 18:28 +0300
      Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-21 18:53 +0300
        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-21 16:14 +0000
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-21 16:54 +0000
            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 06:44 +0000
              Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-22 15:16 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 23:21 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-06-22 20:10 -0400
        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-21 18:15 +0100
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-23 12:19 +0300
            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-23 12:38 +0100
              Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-23 15:32 +0300
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-23 16:30 +0100
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-23 18:47 +0300
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-23 10:58 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-23 21:19 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-23 22:28 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 16:01 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-24 00:49 +0100
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 17:49 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-24 02:29 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-24 02:31 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 20:12 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-24 06:05 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 20:11 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-24 13:19 +0300
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-23 22:30 -0700
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:48 +0000
        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-06-21 14:38 -0400
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-06-21 18:43 +0000
            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-23 11:47 +0300
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-22 21:18 +0300
      Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-21 18:02 +0100
        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 10:38 -0700
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 06:43 +0000
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-22 21:04 +0300
            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 23:22 +0000
            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-22 16:43 -0700
    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-21 19:00 +0300
      Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 10:50 -0700
    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-22 22:07 +0000
  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-06-23 17:39 +0100

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