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+++ b/bn_mp_read_radix.c	Wed Mar 08 13:16:18 2006 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include <tommath.h>
+#ifdef BN_MP_READ_RADIX_C
+/* LibTomMath, multiple-precision integer library -- Tom St Denis
+ *
+ * LibTomMath is a library that provides multiple-precision
+ * integer arithmetic as well as number theoretic functionality.
+ *
+ * The library was designed directly after the MPI library by
+ * Michael Fromberger but has been written from scratch with
+ * additional optimizations in place.
+ *
+ * The library is free for all purposes without any express
+ * guarantee it works.
+ *
+ * Tom St Denis, [email protected], http://math.libtomcrypt.org
+ */
+
+/* read a string [ASCII] in a given radix */
+int mp_read_radix (mp_int * a, const char *str, int radix)
+{
+  int     y, res, neg;
+  char    ch;
+
+  /* make sure the radix is ok */
+  if (radix < 2 || radix > 64) {
+    return MP_VAL;
+  }
+
+  /* if the leading digit is a 
+   * minus set the sign to negative. 
+   */
+  if (*str == '-') {
+    ++str;
+    neg = MP_NEG;
+  } else {
+    neg = MP_ZPOS;
+  }
+
+  /* set the integer to the default of zero */
+  mp_zero (a);
+  
+  /* process each digit of the string */
+  while (*str) {
+    /* if the radix < 36 the conversion is case insensitive
+     * this allows numbers like 1AB and 1ab to represent the same  value
+     * [e.g. in hex]
+     */
+    ch = (char) ((radix < 36) ? toupper (*str) : *str);
+    for (y = 0; y < 64; y++) {
+      if (ch == mp_s_rmap[y]) {
+         break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* if the char was found in the map 
+     * and is less than the given radix add it
+     * to the number, otherwise exit the loop. 
+     */
+    if (y < radix) {
+      if ((res = mp_mul_d (a, (mp_digit) radix, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         return res;
+      }
+      if ((res = mp_add_d (a, (mp_digit) y, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         return res;
+      }
+    } else {
+      break;
+    }
+    ++str;
+  }
+  
+  /* set the sign only if a != 0 */
+  if (mp_iszero(a) != 1) {
+     a->sign = neg;
+  }
+  return MP_OKAY;
+}
+#endif