Pardon the "double post" as it were. I was handily informed the mailing list strips attachments.
Therefore, for those interested, here's text versions of the header file (rad50.h) and the actual C that does the RADIX-50 conversions (rad50.c): /* ========================================================================== */ #ifndef _RAD50_H #define _RAD50_H #include <stdint.h> int rad50enc(const char *, uint16_t *); int rad50dec(uint16_t, char *); int xrad50enc(const char *, uint32_t *); int xrad50dec(uint32_t, char *); #endif /* _RAD50_H */ /* ========================================================================== */ /* * Copyright (c) 2019 C. Gauger-Cosgrove * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ #include <ctype.h> #include <string.h> #include "rad50.h" #define RAD50TAB " ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$.*0123456789" int rad50enc(const char *text, uint16_t *value) { size_t i; uint16_t t; const int mult[3] = {1600, 40, 1}; char *c; if (strlen(text) == 0) { *value = 0; return 0; } else if (strlen(text) > 3) { *value = 0xFFFF; return 1; } t = 0; for (i = 0; i < strlen(text); ++i) { c = (char *) strchr(RAD50TAB, toupper(text[i])); if (c == NULL) { *value = 0xFFFF; return 1; } t += (c - RAD50TAB) * mult[i]; } *value = t; return 0; } int rad50dec(uint16_t value, char *text) { size_t i; const int mult[3] = {1600, 40, 1}; if (value >= 0xFA00) { text[0] = 0; return 1; } for (i = 0; i < 3; ++i) text[i] = RAD50TAB[(value / mult[i]) % 40]; text[3] = 0; return 0; } int xrad50enc(const char *text, uint32_t *value) { size_t i; uint32_t t; const int mult[6] = {102400000, 2560000, 64000, 1600, 40, 1}; char *c; if (strlen(text) == 0) { *value = 0; return 0; } else if (strlen(text) > 6) { *value = 0xFFFFFFFF; return 1; } t = 0; for (i = 0; i < strlen(text); ++i) { c = (char *) strchr(RAD50TAB, toupper(text[i])); if (c == NULL) { *value = 0xFFFFFFFF; return 1; } t += (c - RAD50TAB) * mult[i]; } *value = t; return 0; } int xrad50dec(uint32_t value, char *text) { size_t i; const int mult[6] = {102400000, 2560000, 64000, 1600, 40, 1}; if (value >= 0xF4240000) { text[0] = 0; return 1; } for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i) text[i] = RAD50TAB[(value / mult[i]) % 40]; text[6] = 0; return 0; } /* ========================================================================== */ Best regards, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove On 19/11/2019, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove <captainkirk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 19/11/2019, Dominique Devienne <ddevie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:00 AM Peter da Silva <res...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The return of RADIX-50. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Radix-50 >> >> Thanks! I might go with this going forward. --DD >> > To make life easier for those desiring to experience the Wonders of > RADIX-50™, if anyone wants I've attached a copy of my implementation > of RAD50 in both the "traditional" 16-bit form, and a 32-bit form. > > The "*enc" functions encode a string into RAD50, and the "*dec" > functions decode. "rad50*" works on a 16-bit value, "xrad50*" on a > 32-bit. > > I leave it as an exercise for the reader to implement a 64-bit function. > > If anyone has ideas of how to improve the functions: Please feel free > to contribute. > > Best regards, > Christian > -- > Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove > STCKON08DS0 > Contact information available upon request. > -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users