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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

99 ways to program a hex, Part 2: K&R C

One rule I've set for myself: the output of each program shall be the same (if at all possible). And the baseline for the output is yesterday's version. It's also a useful test—if the output doesn't match, there's a bug somewhere. Other than that, anything goes.

Today's code is written using a style known as “K&R C.”

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/* Style: K&R C */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define LINESIZE	  16

/****************************************************************/

main(argc,argv)
char **argv;
{
	int i;
	FILE *fp;
  
	if (argc == 1)
		do_dump(stdin,stdout);
	else {
		for (i = 1 ; i < argc ; i++) {
			fp = fopen(argv[i],"rb");
			if (fp == NULL) {
				perror(argv[i]);
				continue;
			}

			printf("-----%s-----\n",argv[i]);
			do_dump(fp,stdout);
			fclose(fp);
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

/******************************************************************/

do_dump(fpin,fpout)
FILE *fpin,*fpout;
{
	char buffer[BUFSIZ],ascii[LINESIZE + 1],*pbyte;
	int offset = 0,bread,j,i;
  
	while((bread = fread(buffer,1,BUFSIZ,fpin)) > 0) {
		pbyte = buffer;
		while (bread > 0) {
			fprintf(fpout,"%08lX: ",(unsigned long)offset);
			j = 0;
			do {
				fprintf(fpout,"%02X ",(unsigned char)*pbyte);
				if (*pbyte >= ' ' && *pbyte <= '~')
					ascii [j] = *pbyte;
				else
					ascii [j] = '.';
				pbyte++;
				offset++;
				j++;
				bread--;
			} while ((j < LINESIZE) && (bread > 0));
			ascii [j] = '\0';
			if (j < LINESIZE) {
				for (i = j ; i < LINESIZE ; i++) 
					fprintf(fpout,"   ");
			}
			fprintf(fpout,"%s\n",ascii);      
		}
    
		if (fflush(fpout) == EOF) {
			perror("output");
			exit(1);
		}
	}
}

/***************************************************************/

The term “K&R” is still used to refer to a particular style of writing C code (which I personally can't stand, but that's me)—the placement of opening braces, the severe indentation and often times a vowel impairment in names (which I didn't go for here).

But the term can also refer to code written before C was first standardized in 1989 (that is known as “ANSI C” or “C89”). While you had to always declare all your variables, function parameters, on the other hand, only had to be mentioned and unless otherwise noted, were assumed to be of type int. The same goes for the function return value—unless otherwise noted, all functions return a type of int.

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