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<span class="headline">A64L(3P)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 A64L(3P)</span>
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       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
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       a64l, l64a — convert between a 32-bit integer and a radix-64 ASCII
       string
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<h2><a id="SYNOPSIS" href="a64l.3p.html#SYNOPSIS"></a>SYNOPSIS  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt;

       long a64l(const char *<i>s</i>);
       char *l64a(long <i>value</i>);
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       These functions maintain numbers stored in radix-64 ASCII characters.
       This is a notation by which 32-bit integers can be represented by up
       to six characters; each character represents a digit in radix-64
       notation. If the type <b>long </b>contains more than 32 bits, only the low-
       order 32 bits shall be used for these operations.

       The characters used to represent digits are <b>'.'  </b>(dot) for 0, <b>'/' </b>for
       1, <b>'0' </b>through <b>'9' </b>for [2,11], <b>'A' </b>through <b>'Z' </b>for [12,37], and <b>'a'</b>
       through <b>'z' </b>for [38,63].

       The <i>a64l</i>() function shall take a pointer to a radix-64
       representation, in which the first digit is the least significant,
       and return the corresponding <b>long </b>value. If the string pointed to by
       <i>s</i> contains more than six characters, <i>a64l</i>() shall use the first six.
       If the first six characters of the string contain a null terminator,
       <i>a64l</i>() shall use only characters preceding the null terminator. The
       <i>a64l</i>() function shall scan the character string from left to right
       with the least significant digit on the left, decoding each character
       as a 6-bit radix-64 number. If the type <b>long </b>contains more than 32
       bits, the resulting value is sign-extended. The behavior of <i>a64l</i>() is
       unspecified if <i>s</i> is a null pointer or the string pointed to by <i>s</i> was
       not generated by a previous call to <i>l64a</i>().

       The <i>l64a</i>() function shall take a <b>long </b>argument and return a pointer
       to the corresponding radix-64 representation. The behavior of <i>l64a</i>()
       is unspecified if <i>value</i> is negative.

       The value returned by <i>l64a</i>() may be a pointer into a static buffer.
       Subsequent calls to <i>l64a</i>() may overwrite the buffer.

       The <i>l64a</i>() function need not be thread-safe.
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<h2><a id="RETURN_VALUE" href="a64l.3p.html#RETURN_VALUE"></a>RETURN VALUE  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       Upon successful completion, <i>a64l</i>() shall return the <b>long </b>value
       resulting from conversion of the input string. If a string pointed to
       by <i>s</i> is an empty string, <i>a64l</i>() shall return 0L.

       The <i>l64a</i>() function shall return a pointer to the radix-64
       representation. If <i>value</i> is 0L, <i>l64a</i>() shall return a pointer to an
       empty string.
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<h2><a id="ERRORS" href="a64l.3p.html#ERRORS"></a>ERRORS  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       No errors are defined.

       <i>The following sections are informative.</i>
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<h2><a id="EXAMPLES" href="a64l.3p.html#EXAMPLES"></a>EXAMPLES  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       None.
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       If the type <b>long </b>contains more than 32 bits, the result of
       <i>a64l</i>(<i>l64a</i>(<i>x</i>)) is <i>x</i> in the low-order 32 bits.
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<h2><a id="RATIONALE" href="a64l.3p.html#RATIONALE"></a>RATIONALE  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       This is not the same encoding as used by either encoding variant of
       the <i>uuencode</i> utility.
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<h2><a id="FUTURE_DIRECTIONS" href="a64l.3p.html#FUTURE_DIRECTIONS"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       None.
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<h2><a id="SEE_ALSO" href="a64l.3p.html#SEE_ALSO"></a>SEE ALSO  &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="a64l.3p.html#top_of_page"><span class="top-link">top</span></a></h2><pre>
       <a href="strtoul.3p.html">strtoul(3p)</a>

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <a href="../man0/stdlib.h.0p.html">stdlib.h(0p)</a>

       The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <a href="../man1/uuencode.1p.html">uuencode(1p)</a>
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       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at <a href="http://www.unix.org/online.html">http://www.unix.org/online.html</a> .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are
       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
       source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       <a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html</a> .

<span class="footline">IEEE/The Open Group                 2013                            A64L(3P)</span>
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