Read 64 bit integer string from file

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We have a file that has a 64 bit integer as a string in it. How do we scanf() or otherwise parse this numeric string into an unsigned 64 bit integer type in C++ ?

We are aware of things like %lld etc., but a lot of ways to do this parse seem to break compiles under different compilers and stdlibs. The code should compile under gcc and the Microsoft C++ compiler (of course full compliance with standards would be a plus)

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 04 '08 at 23:52

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GCC has long long, as will compilers for C++0x. MSVC++ doesn't (yet), but does have its __int64 you can use.

#if (__cplusplus > 199711L) || defined(__GNUG__)
    typedef unsigned long long uint_64_t;
#elif defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__) 
    typedef unsigned __int64 uint_64_t;
#else
#error "Please define uint_64_t"
#endif

uint_64_t foo;

std::fstream fstm( "file.txt" );
fstm >> foo;

edited Nov 04 '08 at 23:52

Martin York

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answered Oct 31 '08 at 10:45

KTC

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Personally, I'd use uint64_t from stdint.h. It's a C99 standard, not C++, but it's in GCC and you can easily find VC++ versions online and bung them in your project. Same goes for J. Random platform in future, and if we're lucky it'll be in C++0x. – Steve Jessop Oct 31 '08 at 16:01
It is in C++0x. Though (u)int64_t is actually optional, one can safely assume it will be available for PCs. Otherwise, one can use uint_least64_t or uint_fast64_t. – KTC Nov 01 '08 at 23:32

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '08 at 09:47

Alnitak recommends strtoull(), but it seems it's not available in Win32 environments. The linked-to forum thread recommends either of _strtoui64(), _wcstoui64() and _tcstoui64() as replacements. Perhaps this is "on the edge" of stuff that can't really be done with a single portable function call, and you might need to implement different code paths for different platforms. Or, I guess, write your own ASCII-to-64-bit converter, it's not rocket science.

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 31 '08 at 10:22

Or use the typesafety of istream...

  using namespace std;

  // construct a number -- generate test data
  long long llOut = 0x1000000000000000;
  stringstream sout;
  // write the number
  sout << llOut;
  string snumber = sout.str();
  // construct an istream containing a number
  stringstream sin( snumber );

  // read the number -- the crucial bit
  long long llIn(0);
  sin >> llIn;

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 31 '16 at 15:22

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std::fstream fstm( "file.txt" );
__int64 foo;
fstm >> foo;

edited Jul 31 '16 at 15:22

phuclv

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answered Oct 31 '08 at 10:24

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '08 at 09:36

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Don't use scanf(), tokenize your input separately and then use strtoull() or similar.

answered Oct 31 '08 at 09:36

Alnitak

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Is strtoull() supported on Windows natively? – Thorsten79 Oct 31 '08 at 09:40
You can quite easily make your own. – Artelius Oct 31 '08 at 09:47
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To be fair, I did say "or similar" :) – Alnitak Oct 31 '08 at 14:13

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