Name

bitmap_scnlistprintf — convert bitmap to list format ASCII string

Synopsis

int bitmap_scnlistprintf (char * buf,
 unsigned int buflen,
 const unsigned long * maskp,
 int nmaskbits);
 

Arguments

buf

byte buffer into which string is placed

buflen

reserved size of buf, in bytes

maskp

pointer to bitmap to convert

nmaskbits

size of bitmap, in bits

Description

Output format is a comma-separated list of decimal numbers and ranges. Consecutively set bits are shown as two hyphen-separated decimal numbers, the smallest and largest bit numbers set in the range. Output format is compatible with the format accepted as input by bitmap_parselist.

The return value is the number of characters which would be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing '\0', as per ISO C99.