LONGTOA C-3





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NAME


longtoa - convert LONG to ASCII

SYNOPSIS


#include 

char *longtoa (l)
LONG l;

DESCRIPTION


Longtoa converts the LONG value l to its ASCII representation and
returns a pointer to that string. The format returned by
getfint(C-3) provides the format to convert the LONG value.
Longtoa removes all leading blanks from the resulting string
before returning the result.

The parameter passed to longtoa must be a long integer (long).
This is not necessarily the same as just integer (int). To make
sure the correct value type is passed, the parameter should
always be cast as a long: 

     s = longtoa ((long) counts);

SEE ALSO


getfint(C-3), flongtoa(C-3), atolong(C-3)
C/Base Reference Manual Chapter 13, "Formatting Data Values"

DIAGNOSTICS

If the format is invalid, a pointer to an empty string is
returned.

NOTES


The return value points to static data whose contents are
overwritten with every call.