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From: wwp <subscript@free.fr>
Subject: Re: printf format type, precision...
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 01:10:40 +0200
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Hello J.,


On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 00:32:27 +0200 (CEST) "J." <mailing-lists@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Saturday, July 03 00:18:09
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to convert an IP address to it's eq. in base10
> [homework]. However the outcome from the formula listed below isn't giving
> me the right results.  Is this because I'm using the wrong precision type
> for the `result' variable ? If that's the case what other precision type
> should I use instead ? Right now I can't see the format tree's trhu the
> precision forrest anmore .. ehum.
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> int main(void) {
>  int var1 = 192; 
>  int var2 = 168;
>  int var3 = 1;
>  int var4 = 10;
>  long int result = 0;
> 
>  result = var1 * (256 ^ 3) + var2 * (256 ^ 2) * var3 * 256 + var4; 
>  printf("%ld\n", value);
> 
>  return 0;
> }
> 
> Your comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated..

You meant:
 printf("%ld\n", result);
instead of:
 printf("%ld\n", value);

What do you get, what do you expect?


Regards,

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wwp