. . . a single function call, right out of "$> man strtol" is a snippet. It's documentation, but it's not an item of creative work. qv.:

<manpage>
long
strtol(const char * restrict nptr, char ** restrict endptr, int base);

long long
strtoll(const char * restrict nptr, char ** restrict endptr, int base);

The strtol() function converts the string in nptr to a long value. The
strtoll() function converts the string in nptr to a long long value.

</manpage>

Oh, and here's my snippet for counting events:

I've got good news, and I've got bad news:
The universe is merely a figment of my imagination.
Now are you ready for the bad news?

I completely agree. But ask all the recent CS graduates how to convert a hex string to an int and listen to the answers you'll get. Sad but true.

Bobby R Ward
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bobbyrward@gmail.com

You could also use itoa()