ASCII To Octal
This algorithm converts ASCII code to octal numbers.
/*****Please include following header files*****/
// stdint.h
/***********************************************/
char* AppendString(const char* str1, const char* str2) {
int str1Len = strlen(str1);
int str2Len = strlen(str2);
int strLen = str1Len + str2Len + 1;
char* str = malloc(strLen);
for (int i = 0; i < str1Len; i++)
str[i] = str1[i];
for (int i = 0; i < str2Len; i++)
str[(str1Len + i)] = str2[i];
str[strLen - 1] = '\0';
return str;
}
char* GetSubString(char* str, int index, int count) {
int strLen = strlen(str);
int lastIndex = index + count;
if (index >= 0 && lastIndex > strLen) return "";
char* subStr = malloc(count + 1);
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
subStr[i] = str[index + i];
}
subStr[count] = '\0';
return subStr;
}
char* InsertString(char* str, int index, char* subStr) {
char* s = GetSubString(str, 0, index);
s = AppendString(s, subStr);
s = AppendString(s, GetSubString(str, index, strlen(str) - index));
return s;
}
char* DecimalToOctal(int dec)
{
if (dec < 1) return "0";
char* octStr = "";
while (dec > 0)
{
char* s = malloc(11);
_itoa(dec % 8, s, 10);
octStr = InsertString(octStr, 0, s);
dec /= 8;
}
return octStr;
}
char* ASCIIToOctal(char* str) {
char* oct = "";
int strLen = strlen(str);
for (int i = 0; i < strLen; ++i)
{
char* cOct = DecimalToOctal(str[i]);
int cOctLen = strlen(cOct);
if (cOctLen < 3)
for (size_t j = 0; j < (3 - cOctLen); j++)
cOct = InsertString(cOct, 0, "0");
oct = AppendString(oct, cOct);
}
return oct;
}
Example
char* data = "Programming Algorithms";
char* value = ASCIIToOctal(data);
Output
120162157147162141155155151156147040101154147157162151164150155163