/*
 *  $Id$
 */

/*
 * Harbour Project source code:
 *   CT3 Miscellaneous functions: - XTOC()
 *
 * Copyright 2002 Walter Negro - FOEESITRA" <waltern@foeesitra.org.ar>
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#include "ct.h"


/*  $DOC$
 *  $FUNCNAME$
 *      XTOC()
 *  $CATEGORY$
 *      CT3 miscellaneous functions
 *  $ONELINER$
 *  $SYNTAX$
 *      XTOC( <expValue> ) --> cValue
 *           
 *  $ARGUMENTS$
 *      <expValue> Designate an expression of some of the following data
 *      type: NUMBER, CHARACTER, DATE, LOGICAL.
 *
 *  $RETURNS$
 *      XTOC() return a string with the representation of data type of 
 *      expValue.
 *      ATTENTION: different implementations or platforms of Harbour, they 
 *      could produce different format in the string returned by XTOC() for
 *      data type NUMBER.
 *
 *  $DESCRIPTION$
 *      Each data type always returns a string with a particular fixed length:
 *      
 *      -----------------------------------------------------------
 *      Data Type    Result Length      Similar function
 *      -----------------------------------------------------------
 *      Numeric      sizeof( DOUBLE )   FTOC()
 *      Logical      1
 *      Date         8                  DTOS()
 *      String       Unchanged
 *      -----------------------------------------------------------
 *      
 *      TODO: add documentation
 *  $EXAMPLES$
 *  $TESTS$
 *  $STATUS$
 *      Started
 *  $COMPLIANCE$
 *  $PLATFORMS$
 *      All
 *  $FILES$
 *      Source is misc1.c, library is libct.
 *  $SEEALSO$
 *      CTOF(), FTOC()
 *  $END$
 */

HB_FUNC( XTOC )
{
   union
   {
      double value;
      char string[sizeof( double )];
   } xConvert;

   if( ISCHAR( 1 ) )
      hb_retc( hb_parc( 1 ) );
   else if( ISDATE( 1 ) )
      hb_retc( hb_pards( 1 ) );
   else if( ISNUM( 1 ) )
   {
      xConvert.value = hb_parnd( 1 );
      hb_retclen( xConvert.string, sizeof( double ) );
   }
   else if( ISLOG( 1 ) )
      hb_retclen( hb_parl( 1 ) ? "T" : "F", 1 );
   else
      hb_retc( NULL );
}
