Why is there no strtoi in stdlib.h?
strtol()
converts a string to an integer, a long integer but an integer nevertheless. There is atoi()
but it should be avoided in most cases due to the fact that it lacks a mechanism for error reporting from invalid input.
Why is there no strtoi in stdlib.h?
No critical need.
In early C, there was not a standard signed integer type wider than long
and all narrower conversions, like int
, could be made from strtol()
- as done below.
These and their unsigned
counterparts are now missing C functions and a design shortcoming in the current standard C library (C17/18).
On many systems, long
and int
have the same range and so there is a reduced need for a separate strtoi()
. atoi()
fills the need for quick and dirty code to convert to an int
, but can lack error detection. On error, atoi()
incurs undefined behavior (UB). There also is no strto_short()
nor strto_signchar()
, etc.
It is fairly easy to create a substitute strtoi()
. Simplifications exist.
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
static long str2subrange(const char *s, char **endptr, int base,
long min, long max) {
long y = strtol(s, endptr, base);
if (y > max) {
errno = ERANGE;
return max;
}
if (y < min) {
errno = ERANGE;
return min;
}
return y;
}
// OP's goal
int str2i(const char *s, char **endptr, int base) {
#if INT_MAX == LONG_MAX && INT_MIN == LONG_MIN
return (int) strtol(s, endptr, base);
#else
return (int) str2subrange(s, endptr, base, INT_MIN, INT_MAX);
#endif
}
short str2short(const char *s, char **endptr, int base) {
return (short) str2subrange(s, endptr, base, SHRT_MIN, SHRT_MAX);
}
signed char str2schar(const char *s, char **endptr, int base) {
return (signed char) str2subrange(s, endptr, base, SCHAR_MIN, SCHAR_MAX);
}
#include <stdint.h>
int16_t str2int16(const char *s, char **endptr, int base) {
return (int16_t) str2subrange(s, endptr, base, INT16_MIN, INT16_MAX);
}
[Edit 2021]
To avoid conflicts with Future library directions, names changed from strto...()
to str2...()
.2
implying to
.
Function names that begin with
str
,mem
, orwcs
and a lowercase letter may be added to the declarations in the<string.h>
header. C17dr § 7.31.13 1