// Ivan Novick
// Jan-2, 2009
// ptr2string.c
// platform independent function to convert a pointer into a string
// this will work on 32 or 64 bit linux or windows
// the assumptions are that unsigned long long is 8 bytes
// and that the pointer is at most 8 bytes long

#include <stdio.h>

void ptr2String(char *dstPtr, void* srcPtr) { 
	unsigned long long address = (unsigned long long)srcPtr;
	short i;
	for (i = 15; i >= 0; --i) {
		short x = (short)(address & 0x0f);
		char c = x < 10 ? x + '0' :  x - 10 + 'a';
		dstPtr[i] = c;
		address >>= 4;
	}
	dstPtr[16] = 0;
}

int main(int argc, char** argv) {

	int x[8] = {0};
	int i;
	for (i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
		char buffer[17] = {0};
		ptr2String(buffer, &x[i]);
		fprintf(stdout, "%s %p\n", buffer, &x[i]);
	}

	return 0;
}