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Old 04-06-2011
Error How to decrease a string number by one in C?
If i have a macro called NUM which is "8" (string) for example
How do I make it into say "7", well i just want to lower it by one, also there will never be the case where its "0" and i have to decrease it.
there is no guarantee how many digits NUM could have, but will always be an integer.
How do I do the conversion?
# 2  
Old 04-06-2011
Maybe the following link can help
atoi
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs...ns/strtol.html
# 3  
Old 04-08-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ctsgnb
Maybe the following link can help
atoi
strtol
And sprintf() to save the number back to a string.
# 4  
Old 04-08-2011
use the code..... but if u need a variable why use macro..... ?
Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

#define NUM "8"
int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
char s1[10];
itoa((atoi(NUM)-1),s1,10);
puts(s1);

getch();
return 0;
}

Last edited by Franklin52; 04-08-2011 at 08:41 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 5  
Old 04-08-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by vishnulinux
Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

#define NUM "8"
int main(int argc, char ** argv)
{
char s1[10];
itoa((atoi(NUM)-1),s1,10);
puts(s1);

getch();
return 0;
}

conio.h is a C header file for old MS-DOS compilers.....Smilie and itoa is not a portable C function.
Last edited by Franklin52; 04-08-2011 at 08:50 AM..
# 6  
Old 04-08-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by omega666
If i have a macro called NUM which is "8" (string) for example
How do I make it into say "7", well i just want to lower it by one, also there will never be the case where its "0" and i have to decrease it.
there is no guarantee how many digits NUM could have, but will always be an integer.
How do I do the conversion?
Only with preprocessor directives...and each time you undefine and redefine NUM so its one less than last.
# 7  
Old 04-08-2011
Maybe if you told us what you were actually trying to do, we could help you figure out a solution? Because doing math on integer strings isn't usually a good idea unless you're in a shell.
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