SDL_lltoa(3)

💖 SDL_lltoa 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL_lltoa(3) page, part of the SDL3 functions lineup ✨ this one is lowkey iconic, it turns your big ol' number into a string. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SDL_lltoa — Convert a long long integer into a string.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>

char * SDL_lltoa(long long value, char *str, int radix);

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so basically, this function takes your long long and writes it out as a string. but you HAVE to tell it a radix — that's the number base for the string format. so like, radix 10 gives you a decimal number, 16 gives you hexadecimal, etc. etc. 💅 and it must be in the range of 2 to 36. no exceptions, that's the vibe check.

⚠️ GIRLIE BE CAREFUL — this function WILL overflow your buffer if str isn't big enough to hold the output! it's giving risky fr fr 😭

if you wanna be safe, it might be safer to use SDL_snprintf to clamp the output, or SDL_asprintf to allocate a buffer for you. otherwise? honestly it doesn't hurt to allocate way more space than you think you need — and don't forget the possible negative signs, null terminator bytes, all of that 💀 they're sneaky and they take up room.

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🦋 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🦋

• value — the long long integer you wanna convert. your main character number 💖
• str — the buffer you're writing the string into. it's gotta be big enough bestie, we talked about this 🙈
• radix — the radix to use for string generation. between 2 and 36, periodt ✨

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

Returns str. that's it, that's the whole thing. she gives you back your own buffer 🫶

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🌈 THREAD SAFETY 🌈

It is safe to call this function from any thread. no cap, every single one 💅✨

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0. so if you're on anything older... bestie, it's not there 😭

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• SDL_ulltoa(3)
• SDL_itoa(3)
• SDL_ltoa(3)

go read those too, they're all siblings in the same little number-to-string family 🧚💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 💋 this was written by Simple Directmedia Layer for SDL 3.4.18, dated SDL_lltoa(3) — go forth and convert your long longs responsibly 🎀✨