Upsilon/bootloader/itoa.cpp

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <bootloader/utility.h>

// https://www.techiedelight.com/implement-itoa-function-in-c/

// Function to swap two numbers
void swap(char *x, char *y) {
    char t = *x; *x = *y; *y = t;
}
 
// Function to reverse `buffer[i…j]`
char* reverse(char *buffer, int i, int j) {
    while (i < j) {
        swap(&buffer[i++], &buffer[j--]);
    }
 
    return buffer;
}
 
// Iterative function to implement `itoa()` function in C
char* Bootloader::Utility::itoa(int value, char* buffer, int base) {
    // invalid input
    if (base < 2 || base > 32) {
        return buffer;
    }
 
    // consider the absolute value of the number
    int n = abs(value);
 
    int i = 0;
    while (n) {
        int r = n % base;
 
        if (r >= 10) {
            buffer[i++] = 65 + (r - 10);
        }
        else {
            buffer[i++] = 48 + r;
        }
 
        n = n / base;
    }
 
    // if the number is 0
    if (i == 0) {
        buffer[i++] = '0';
    }
 
    // If the base is 10 and the value is negative, the resulting string
    // is preceded with a minus sign (-)
    // With any other base, value is always considered unsigned
    if (value < 0 && base == 10) {
        buffer[i++] = '-';
    }
 
    buffer[i] = '\0'; // null terminate string
 
    // reverse the string and return it
    return reverse(buffer, 0, i - 1);
}