training/name2char.h File Reference

#include "matchdefs.h"

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Functions

• void CharToName (CLASS_ID Char, char CharName[])

  Converts the specified ascii character to a character name.
  

• CLASS_ID NameToChar (char CharName[])

  Converts the specified character name to an ascii character.

  Exceptions:

  ILLEGALCHARNAME.

  
  

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Function Documentation

void CharToName	(	CLASS_ID	Char,
		char	CharName[]
	)

Converts the specified ascii character to a character name.

Parameters:

	Char	Character to map to a character name
	CharName	String to copy character name into

Note:

Globals:

• NameList = Lookup table for char to name mapping

This is convenient for representing characters which might have special meaning to operating system shells or other programs (e.g. "*?&><" etc.).

Date:

8/26/89, DSJ, Created.

Definition at line 144 of file name2char.cpp.

References NameList, and NULL.

{
   int   i;

   /* look for character in table and return a copy of its name if found */
   for ( i = 0; NameList[i] != NULL; i++ )
      if ( Char == NameList[i][0] )
      {
         strcpy ( CharName, &NameList[i][1] );
         return;
      }

      /* if the character is not in the table, then use it as the name */
      CharName[0] = Char;
      CharName[1] = 0;

}// CharToName

CLASS_ID NameToChar

(

char

CharName[]

)

Converts the specified character name to an ascii character.

Exceptions:

ILLEGALCHARNAME.

Parameters:

CharName

Character name to convert to a character

Note:

Globals:

• NameList = Lookup table for name to char mapping

Returns:

Ascii character that corresponds to the character name.

Date:

8/26/89, DSJ, Created.

Definition at line 112 of file name2char.cpp.

References DoError(), ILLEGALCHARNAME, NameList, and NULL.

Referenced by SetUpForFloat2Int(), WriteNormProtos(), and WriteProtos().

{
   int   i;

   // look for name in table and return character if found
   for ( i = 0; NameList[i] != NULL; i++ )
      if ( strcmp (CharName, &NameList[i][1]) == 0)
         return (NameList[i][0]);
   if ( strlen (CharName) == 1 )
      return (CharName[0]);   //name is not in table but is a single character
   else  //illegal character
   {
      DoError (ILLEGALCHARNAME, "Illegal character name");
      return 0;
   }
}// NameToChar

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