Converts the first few characters of a string into an int, for easier comparison.

rawstring.c

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/*   .stringToInt.c                                     :+:      :+:    :+:   */
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/*   By: abaur <abaur@student.42.fr>                +#+  +:+       +#+        */
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/*   Created: 2020/01/16 14:15:40 by abaur             #+#    #+#             */
/*   Updated: 2020/01/16 14:25:04 by abaur            ###   ########.fr       */
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#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int	stringToInt(char* line)
{
	int result = 0;

	for(int i=0; i<4; i++)
	{
		if (!line[i])
			break;
		result |= line[i] << (i * 8);
	}
	return result;
}

int main(int argc, char **args)
{
	for (int i=1; i<argc; i++)
		printf ("%-4s %d\n", args[i], stringToInt(args[i]));
}