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Objective-C Base Conversion
/**
Original Code From, Md. Mahmud Ahsan, http://thinkdiff.net/mixed/base-conversion-handle-upto-36-bases/, 2008.02.28
Adapted Objective-C, Furkan Mustafa, 2013.05.28
Description: Alpha Numeric Base Conversion, Handles upto base 36
*/
NSString* reverseString(NSString* original) {
const char* chars = [original cStringUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
int length = strlen(chars);
char* new = (char*)malloc(length+1);
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
new[i] = chars[length - i - 1];
new[length] = '\0';
NSString* reverseString = [NSString stringWithCString:new encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
free(new);
return reverseString;
}
int otherToDec(NSString *original, int base) {
const char* str = [original.uppercaseString cStringUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
int len = strlen(str);
int power = len - 1;
long long i, number, j;
number = 0;
for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
if (str[i] >= 'A' && str[i] <= 'Z')
j = str[i] - 65 + 10;
else
j = str[i] - 48;
number += j * pow(base, power);
power--;
}
return number;
}
NSString* decToOther(int number, int base) {
NSMutableString* final = NSMutableString.string;
int temp, j;
j = -1;
do {
temp = number % base;
if (temp < 10)
[final appendFormat:@"%c", 48 + temp];
else
[final appendFormat:@"%c", 65 + temp - 10];
number = number / base;
} while (number != 0);
return reverseString(final);
}
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