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intcmp/Makefile

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+intcmp: intcmp.c

intcmp/intcmp.1

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+.TH intcmp 1
+
+.SH NAME
+
+intcmp \(en compare integers
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+
+intcmp
+.RB ( -h )
+.RB ( -e ( -g )|( -l ))|( -g ( -e )|( -l ))|( -l ( -e )|( -g ))
+.RB [ integer ]
+.RB [ integer... ]
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+Intcmp compares integers.
+
+.SH USAGE
+
+The -e option permits given integers to be equal to each other. If combined
+with -g or -l, only adjacent integers in the argument sequence can be equal.
+.PP
+The -g option permits a given integer to be greater than the following integer.
+.PP
+The -l option permits a given integer to be less than the following integer.
+.PP
+It may help to think of the -e, -g, and -l options as equivalent to the
+infix algebraic "=", ">", and "<" operators respectively, with each option
+putting its symbol between every given integer. For example,
+.R intcmp -l 1 2 3
+is equivalent to evaluating "1 < 2 < 3".
+
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Intcmp exits 0 for a valid expression and 1 for an invalid expression.
+.PP
+Intcmp prints a debug message and exits with the appropriate sysexits(3) error
+code in the event of an error.
+
+.SH BUGS
+
+There are multiple ways to express compound comparisons; "less than or equal
+to" can be -le or -el, for example.
+.PP
+The inequality comparison is -gl or -lg for "less than or greater than"; this
+is elegant but unintuitive.
+.PP
+-egl, "equal to or less than or greater than", exits 0 no matter what for valid
+program usage and may be abused to function as an integer validator.
+Use str(1) instead.
+
+.SH STANDARDS
+
+This utility recreates functionality that in POSIX is fulfilled by test(1).
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+
+Public domain.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+
+str(1), test(1)

intcmp/intcmp.c

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+#include <errno.h> /* errno */
+#include <stdio.h> /* fprintf(3), stderr */
+#include <stdlib.h> /* strtol(3), size_t */
+#ifndef EX_USAGE
+#	include <sysexits.h> /* EX_USAGE */
+#endif
+#include <unistd.h> /* getopt(3), optind */
+
+/* 0b00? */		/*                     Equal | -e  | 0b001 | 1 */
+#define EQUAL	0x01	/*                   Greater | -g  | 0b010 | 2 */
+/* 0b0?0 */		/*          Greater or Equal | -ge | 0b011 | 3 */
+#define GREATER	0x02	/*                      Less | -l  | 0b100 | 4 */
+/* 0b?00 */		/*             Less or Equal | -le | 0b101 | 5 */
+#define LESS	0x04	/* Inequal (Greater or Less) | -gl | 0b110 | 6 */
+
+static char *program_name = "intcmp";
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+	int c;
+	size_t i;
+	unsigned char mode;
+	int r; /* reference integer */
+
+	mode = 0;
+
+	if(argc < 3)
+		goto usage;
+
+	while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "egl")) != -1)
+		switch(c){
+		case 'e': mode |= EQUAL;   break;
+		case 'g': mode |= GREATER; break;
+		case 'l': mode |= LESS;	   break;
+		default:  goto usage;
+		}
+
+	if(optind + 2 /* ref cmp */ > argc){
+usage:		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Usage: %s (-h)\n"
+			"\t"	"(-e (-g)|(-l))\n"
+			"\t"	"|(-g (-e)|(-l))\n"
+			"\t"	"|(-l (-e)|(-g))\n"
+			"\t\t"		"[integer] [integer...]\n",
+			argv[0] == NULL ? program_name : argv[0]);
+		return EX_USAGE;
+	}
+
+	i = optind;
+
+	do{	c = strtol(argv[i], &argv[i], 10);
+		if(*argv[i] != '\0' || errno != 0){
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: argument #%d: Invalid integer\n",
+				argv[0], (int)i);
+			return EX_USAGE;
+		}
+
+		if(i == optind){
+			r = c;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* rule enforcement; if a mode isn't permitted and the numbers
+		 * correspond to it, return 1 */
+		if(		(!(mode & EQUAL) && r == c)
+				|| (!(mode & GREATER) && r > c)
+				|| (!(mode & LESS) && r < c))
+			return 1;
+		else if((mode ^ EQUAL) != 0) /* if the mode isn't ==
+			* make sure the numbers are in order by comparing the
+			* newest number to the last */
+			r = c;
+	}while(++i < argc);
+	
+	return 0;
+}