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a64l(3C)							      a64l(3C)

NAME
       a64l(), l64a() - convert between long integer and base-64 ASCII string

SYNOPSIS
   Obsolescent Interface
DESCRIPTION
       These  functions	 are  used to maintain numbers stored in base-64 ASCII
       characters.  This is a notation by which long integers  can  be	repre‐
       sented  by up to six characters; each character represents a "digit" in
       a radix-64 notation.

       The characters used to represent "digits" are for 0, for 1, through for
       2-11, through for 12-37, and through for 38-63.

       The leftmost character is the least significant digit.  For example,
		      a0 = (38 x 64^0) + (2 x 64^1) = 166

       takes a pointer to a null-terminated base-64 representation and returns
       a corresponding value.  If the string pointed to	 by  s	contains  more
       than six characters, uses the first six.

       takes  a	 argument  and	returns a pointer to the corresponding base-64
       representation.	If the argument is 0, returns  a  pointer  to  a  null
       string.

   Obsolescent Interface
       converts between long integer and base-64 ASCII string.

WARNINGS
       The value returned by is a pointer into a buffer, the contents of which
       are overwritten subsequent calls by the same thread.

       is an obsolescent  interface  supported	only  for  compatibility  with
       existing DCE applications. New multithreaded applications should use

SEE ALSO
       thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								      a64l(3C)

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