cahr* to WORD/DWORD conversion

[Quell]

Hello, how can i do a char* to DWORD/WORD conversion?
I saw some code that used asm in it but i don;t like to use inline asm alot in c++ since i can;t read asm too well.
Any other posibilites on conversion?
Thx

[Improving]

reinterpret_cast should do it for DWORD.

DWORD dw = reinterpret_cast<DWORD>(my_char*);

but the WORD conversion I dont think is possible on a 32 bit system.

[RoboTact]

What do you need to do? It sound odd since you ask about char*, not general void*. Do you want to get the address in DWORD value? If so, why? Or want you to convert string to numeric?

[cilu]

I'm not sure what you want but this may help you:

void foo(char* buf)
{
	DWORD dw = *(DWORD*)buf;

	cout << dw << endl;
}

int main()
{
	DWORD dw = 44;

	foo((char*)&dw);
	
	return 0;
}

[NMTop40]

not sure if he wants a binary conversion or a lexical conversion.

[RiZaeL]

strtoul()

[Quell]

here is what i wanted to do but in c++ not asm:

DWORD StringToDword(char *Text)
{
	/*
	this function will convert and return
	an Hexadecimel String into a real
	DWORD hex number using assembly directive.
    */
	
    DWORD AsmDwordNum=(DWORD)Text;
    DWORD DwordNum=0;
	
	/*_asm{
		PUSHAD
			PUSHF
			XOR ECX,ECX
			XOR EAX,EAX
			XOR EDI,EDI
			MOV EDI,8H
			MOV ESI,AsmDwordNum
_start:
		MOV CL,[ESI]
			CMP CL,30H
			JL _lower
			CMP CL,39H
			JG _upper
			SUB CL,30H
			JMP _jmp1
_upper:
		SUB CL,37H
			JMP _jmp1
_lower:
_jmp1:
		ADD EAX,ECX
			CMP EDI,1
			JZ _out
			SHL EAX,4H
_out:
		INC ESI
			DEC EDI
			JNZ _start
			MOV DwordNum,EAX
			POPF
			POPAD
	}
	*/
	return DwordNum;
}

I am sry , i don't know asm too well to understand this code, how can i convert it into c++?

[Paul McKenzie]

Is this what you want to do?

String --> Hex
------- -----
"ABCD" --> 0xABCD
"12AD" --> 0x12AD

If so, then this is all you need to explain. No need to post assembly language or mention assembly.

Regards,

Paul McKenzie

[Quell]

yeah pretty much but i donno how to put it into DWORD

[Smasher/Devourer]

I believe the function strtol() will do what you want. (That link will show you MSDN's page on the function.) If you're interested in the code that would accomplish such a thing manually, here's a simple example:

DWORD CharToDword(char *szNum)
{
    unsigned int n;
    DWORD dwResult = 0;

    // process at most eight characters, so there's no overflow
    for (n = 0; n < min(8, strlen(szNum)); n++)
    {
        // shift the result up four bits (equivalent to one hex digit)
        dwResult <<= 4;

        // add the value of the next digit to the total
        if (szNum[n] >= '0' && szNum[n] <= '9')
            dwResult += (szNum[n] - '0');
        else if (szNum[n] >= 'A' && szNum[n] <= 'F')
            dwResult += (szNum[n] - 'A' + 10);
        else if (szNum[n] >= 'a' && szNum[n] <= 'f')
            dwResult += (szNum[n] - 'a' + 10);
        else
        {
            // invalid digit - return an error code
            // or throw an exception here
        }
    }

    return dwResult;
}

For more general code that pertains to similar problems, and/or a discussion of converting numbers from one form to another, you may want to take a look at this thread.

[Quell]

what woudl eb the function for WORD then?
if this is for DWORD, woudl tehre be any diffrence?

[Smasher/Devourer]

what woudl eb the function for WORD then?
if this is for DWORD, woudl tehre be any diffrence?

The only difference is in the number of digits it can hold. DWORD is a 32-bit type while a WORD is only 16-bit, so if you're converting a string into a WORD, you can convert at most four hex digits.

[RiZaeL]

As I said, for DWORD.. strtoul() :P