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1988-10-02
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/* Scanshort takes string as argument and returns short integer from beginning
* of string - will not scan through string looking for numbers. If invalid,
* returns 32767 and puts '\0' in first char of string. (C) 1987 Russell
* Wallace - this routine may be freely distributed and used for program
* development. Use +L compile option with Aztec C. */
short scanshort (string)
char *string;
{
register short i;
register long number=0L;
register short digit=1;
register short minus=0;
while ((string[0]<'0' || string[0]>'9')&& string[0] && string[0]!='-')
string++;
if (string[0]=='-')
{
minus++;
string[0]='0';
}
for (i=0;string[i]>='0' && string[i]<='9';i++)
;
if (i==0 || i>6)
{
string[0]='\0';
return (32767);
}
do
{
number+=(string[--i]-'0')*digit;
digit*=10;
}
while (i);
if ((number-minus) & (long)(0xFFFF8000))
{
string[0]='\0';
return (32767);
}
if (minus)
number=(~number)+1; /* 2's complement sign change */
return ((short)number);
}