Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?

James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

On 3/19/25 13:23, DFS wrote:
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    int64_t n = 0, max = 0, thismax = 0;

...

    printf("\nmax n = %lld reached at input = %d\n", max, input);

...

You'll get compilation warnings about the printf specifier used with
int64_t.

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Not if you use the correct specifier:
#include <inttypes.h>
printf("\nmax n = %" PRId64 " reached at input = %d\n", max, input);

Or you can use long long and "%lld" (that's what I did).

long long is at least 64 bits and is guaranteed to exist (in C99
and later, and the autotester uses "gcc -std=c99").  int64_t is
exactly 64 bits and is not guaranteed to exist.  (In every C99 or
later implementation I'm aware of, long long and int64_t are both
exactly 64 bits.)

Another alternative for output is to cast to intmax_t and use "%jd".
(Why "j"?  It was available.)  Input with *scanf() is slightly
trickier; you can't just cast the pointer argument.  (And the
*scanf() functions have undefined behavior on numeric input if the
input is out of range.  fgets() with strto*() is a safer alternative
if you can't be sure what the input is going to look like.)

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