/* Legible -- return a static pointer to the legibly printed long. */
char *
legible (long l)
{
char inbuf[24];
/* Print the number into the buffer. */
long_to_string (inbuf, l);
return legible_1 (inbuf);
}
/* Legible -- return a static pointer to the legibly printed long. */
char *
legible (long l)
{
static char outbuf[20];
char inbuf[20];
int i, i1, mod;
char *outptr, *inptr;
/* Print the number into the buffer. */
long_to_string (inbuf, l);
/* Reset the pointers. */
outptr = outbuf;
inptr = inbuf;
/* If the number is negative, shift the pointers. */
if (*inptr == '-')
{
*outptr++ = '-';
++inptr;
}
/* How many digits before the first separator? */
mod = strlen (inptr) % 3;
/* Insert them. */
for (i = 0; i < mod; i++)
*outptr++ = inptr[i];
/* Now insert the rest of them, putting separator before every
third digit. */
for (i1 = i, i = 0; inptr[i1]; i++, i1++)
{
if (i % 3 == 0 && i1 != 0)
*outptr++ = ',';
*outptr++ = inptr[i1];
}
/* Zero-terminate the string. */
*outptr = '\0';
return outbuf;
}
