convert INT to CHAR but print's BEEP...

["J." <mailing-lists@xs4all.nl>]

Wednesday, November 12 05:19:21

Hello, I have kind of a problem with converting an int to a char.
The get_rand_str() function returns an string build of random 
charaters with a max length of int `MAX'.

This seems to work at first glance: 
~: ./program 
qqxfrd

However if I examen the output closer:
~: ./program | od -a
0000000   q   q soh   x stx   f etx   r eot   d enq  nl
0000014

Now I know why my computer keeps beeping everytime it
outputs a string :-)

What is the correct way of changing the int value to a
char value so that I can append it to the return string ?

char *get_rand_str(int max) {
 int i = 0;
 char value;
 char *retval = NULL;

 for(; i < max; i++) {
  value = get_ascii_code(97, 122);
  retval = (char *)realloc(retval, sizeof(char));
  strcat(retval, &value);
 }

 return retval;
 free(retval);
}

int get_ascii_code(int low, int high) {
 int k = 0;
 double d = 0;

 d = (double)rand() / ((double)RAND_MAX + 1);
 k = (int)(d * (high - low + 1));
 return(low + k);
}

Thank you.... 

J.

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