STRSUFTOLL(3)

STRSUFTOLL(3) | Library Functions Manual | STRSUFTOLL(3)

# NAME

`strsuftoll`, `strsuftollx` —
convert a string to a long long, with suffix parsing

# LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <stdlib.h>`

long long
`strsuftoll`(const char *desc, const char *val, long long min, long long max);

long long
`strsuftollx`(const char *desc, const char *val, long long min, long long max, char *errbuf, size_t errbuflen);

# DESCRIPTION

The functions `strsuftoll`() and `strsuftollx`() convert val into a number of type long long, checking that the result is not smaller than min or larger than max. Two or more decimal numbers may be separated by an “x” to indicate a product.

Each decimal number may have one of the following optional suffixes:

b
  Block; multiply by 512
k
  Kibi; multiply by 1024 (1 KiB)
m
  Mebi; multiply by 1048576 (1 MiB)
g
  Gibi; multiply by 1073741824 (1 GiB)
t
  Tebi; multiply by 1099511627776 (1 TiB)
w
  Word; multiply by the number of bytes in an integer

In the case of an error (range overflow or an invalid number), `strsuftollx`() places an error message into errbuf (which is errbuflen bytes long) and returns 0, and `strsuftoll`() displays that error and terminates the process. The parameter desc is used to construct errbuf.

Neither desc nor val may be `NULL`.

# RETURN VALUES

The functions `strsuftoll`() and `strsuftollx`() return either the result of the conversion, unless the value overflows or is not a number; in the latter case, `strsuftoll`() displays an error message and terminates the process with exit code `EXIT_FAILURE`, and `strsuftollx`() returns with 0 and errbuf contains a non-empty error message.

# ERRORS

[`ERANGE`]
  The given string was out of range; the value converted has been clamped.

# SEE ALSO

errx(3), strtoll(3), orders(7)

# BUGS

At least few limitations should be mentioned:

- Both functions ignore the current locale.
- Neither `strsuftoll`() nor `strsuftollx`() fail gracefully in case of invalid, `NULL`, pointers.
- Arguably the return type should be intmax_t instead of long long.
- The `strsuftollx`() function is prone to buffer overflows if used incorrectly. Arguably only `strsuftoll`() should be exposed to a caller.

December 14, 2010 | NetBSD 9.5