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ref: 8b4726ff2f15028c71b93aafb02b378898edb802
dir: /libc/itoa.c/

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char*
itoa(int value, int base )
{
	char *rc;
	char *ptr;
	char *low;
	char *str;
	// Check for supported base.
	if ( base < 2 || base > 36 )
	{
		*str = '\0';
		return str;
	}
	rc = ptr = str;
	// Set '-' for negative decimals.
	if ( value < 0 && base == 10 )
	{
		*ptr++ = '-';
	}
	// Remember where the numbers start.
	low = ptr;
	// The actual conversion.
	do
	{
		// Modulo is negative for negative value. This trick makes abs() unnecessary.
		*ptr++ = "zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba9876543210123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"[35 + value % base];
		value /= base;
	} while ( value );
	// Terminating the string.
	*ptr-- = '\0';
	// Invert the numbers.
	while ( low < ptr )
	{
		char tmp = *low;
		*low++ = *ptr;
		*ptr-- = tmp;
	}
	return rc;
}