Subj : Re: Reversing a number
To   : comp.programming
From : Gerry Quinn
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 11:21 am

In article <slrndiae8e.2dgl.willem@toad.stack.nl>, willem@stack.nl 
says...
> Rob wrote:
> ) Willem wrote:

> )> )>>    while (i)
> )> )>>    {
> )> )>>        n *= 10;
> )> )>>        n += i % 10;
> )> )>>        i /= 10;
> )> )>>    }
> )> )>>    return n;
> ) As Jerry Quinn pointed out it's simplest to convert it to a string then
> ) reverse it and convert it back again.
> 
> That can only be simplest if 'convert to a string' is considered a simple
> operation.  Otherwise the above piece of code is simpler.

The above bit of code *is* effectively converting it to a string (in 
base-10 representation, and with the characters 0-9 represented by 
digits), albeit in piecemeal fashion.

- Gerry Quinn

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