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jxh@plethora.cs.wustl.edu (James Hu)
in <4fu7ro$97o@solutions.solon.com> wrote:

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>Here's a question:

>Write a function which converts a number from an arbitrary base between
>2 and 9 to base 10.  Assume the input is a valid number in the input
>base, and the base is always between  2 and 9.
>/* spec: */ int convert(int number, int base);

I must admit not having the slightest idea what this question means,
since the input int and the output int are base 2 on a binary machine.

A function with a prototype
    int convert(char *outputString, const char *inputString, int base);
with the return value being a completion code makes more sense to me.
But since this is trivial with standard C functions, it would serve only
as a rudimentary screening question.


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