_ltoa -- Convert Long Integer to String

Format

#include <stdlib.h>
char *_ltoa(long value, char *string, int radix);

Language Level: Extension
_ltoa converts the digits of the given long integer value to a character string that ends with a null character and stores the result in string. The radix argument specifies the base of value; it must be in the range 2 to 36. If radix equals 10 and value is negative, the first character of the stored string is the minus sign (-).

Note: The space allocated for string must be large enough to hold the returned string. The function can return up to 33 bytes, including the null character (\0).

Return Value
_ltoa returns a pointer to string. There is no error return value.

Example
This example converts the long integer -255L to a decimal, binary, and hex value, and stores its character representation in the array buffer.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(void)
{
   char buffer[35];
   char *p;
   p = _ltoa(-255L, buffer, 10);
   printf("The result of _ltoa(-255) with radix of 10 is %s\n", p);
   p = _ltoa(-255L, buffer, 2);
   printf("The result of _ltoa(-255) with radix of 2\n is %s\n", p);
   p = _ltoa(-255L, buffer, 16);
   printf("The result of _ltoa(-255) with radix of 16 is %s\n", p);
   return 0;
   /****************************************************************
      The output should be:
      The result of _ltoa(-255) with radix of 10 is -255
      The result of _ltoa(-255) with radix of 2
          is 11111111111111111111111100000001
      The result of _ltoa(-255) with radix of 16 is ffffff01
   ****************************************************************/
}



atol -- Convert Character String to Long Integer
_ecvt -- Convert Floating-Point to Character
_fcvt -- Convert Floating-Point to String
_gcvt -- Convert Floating-Point to String
_itoa -- Convert Integer to String
strtol -- Convert Character String to Long Integer
_ultoa -- Convert Unsigned Long Integer to String
wcstol -- Convert Wide-Character to Long Integer
<stdlib.h>