99 ways to program a hex, Part 3: C89 in K&R style

To separate the style from the version, here's the program, written in C89 [1], using the K&R style [2].

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*
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*************************************************************************/
/* Style: C89 in K&R style */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define LINESIZE 16
static void do_dump (FILE *,FILE *);
/****************************************************************/
int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
if (argc == 1) {
do_dump(stdin,stdout);
} else {
int i;
for (i = 1 ; i < argc ; i++) {
FILE *fp;
fp = fopen(argv[i],"rb");
if (fp == NULL) {
perror(argv[i]);
continue;
}
printf("-----%s-----\n",argv[i]);
do_dump(fp,stdout);
fclose(fp);
}
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
/******************************************************************/
static void do_dump(FILE *fpin,FILE *fpout) {
unsigned char buffer[BUFSIZ],*pbyte;
size_t offset=0,bread,j;
char ascii[LINESIZE + 1];
while((bread = fread(buffer,1,BUFSIZ,fpin)) > 0) {
pbyte = buffer;
while (bread > 0) {
fprintf(fpout,"%08lX: ",(unsigned long)offset);
j = 0;
do {
fprintf(fpout,"%02X ",*pbyte);
if (isprint(*pbyte)) {
ascii [j] = *pbyte;
} else {
ascii [j] = '.';
}
pbyte ++;
offset ++;
j ++;
bread --;
} while ((j < LINESIZE) && (bread > 0));
ascii [j] = '\0';
if (j < LINESIZE) {
size_t i;
for (i = j ; i < LINESIZE ; i++) {
fprintf(fpout," ");
}
}
fprintf(fpout,"%s\n",ascii);
}
if (fflush(fpout) == EOF) {
perror("output");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
}
/***************************************************************/
```

We have function prototypes, and more appropriate typedefs for some of the variables, but in the K&R style (ick). Lots of software is still written using this style, like Linux [3], on the grounds that if it was Good Enoughâ„¢ for Kernighan and Ritchie [4], then it's Good Enoughâ„¢ for the rest of us, never mind that Kernighan [5] and Ritchie [6] wrote their software on teletypes [7], which is near enough to a manual typewriter hooked up to a computer that if I used one, I would try to type as little as possible myself. But personally, I don't use a teletype; I use a real keyboard [8] and a huge monitor with a small font, so I find little use for the K&R style.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_C

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_true_brace_style

[3] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/CodingStyle

[4] https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131103628/conmanlaborat-20

[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kernighan

[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ritchie

[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter

[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard

[9] /boston/2012/01/10.1

[10] /boston/2012/01/12.3

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