c++ libconfig parsing error?

Question

I am trying to leverage the libconfig library in my c++ code to read in data. I have a bitmask binary value that I am trying to read in from an external file. The problem is when I read the data in, I believe libconfig is interpreting or parsing the integer as a base 10 number and not as a base 2 number and thus affecting the value. I looked in the libconfig FAQ and it points to hexadecimal representation as "0x" but nothing on binary ("0b" prefix doesn't work).

Anyone know a work around, I have a lot of these bitmasks and its quite troublesome to convert all base 2 numbers to their base 10 counter parts.

Example in the libconfig file:

bitmask = 00000000001000000010010100001101;

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '11 at 18:09

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I'm not familiar with libconfig, but can you persuade it to read these bitmasks as strings? Then do the conversion in your own code.

answered Oct 16 '11 at 18:09

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hmm, clever -- i may give this a shot. – 5k1zk17 Oct 16 '11 at 18:12
If you can't read it as a string, you can still convert the base10 number to a string and do the conversion from there. – Josh Matthews Oct 16 '11 at 19:03
Yeah -- I can read it as a string, and then simply used strtol library -- thanks! – 5k1zk17 Oct 16 '11 at 19:30

c++ libconfig parsing error?

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