/* rdchar.c 4.1 83/03/09 */ /* * rdchar: returns a readable representation of an ASCII char, using ^ notation. */ #include <ctype.h> char *rdchar(c) char c; { static char ret[4]; register char *p; /* * Due to a bug in isprint, this prints spaces as ^`, but this is OK * because we want something to show up on the screen. */ ret[0] = ((c&0377) > 0177) ? '\'' : ' '; c &= 0177; ret[1] = isprint(c) ? ' ' : '^'; ret[2] = isprint(c) ? c : c^0100; ret[3] = 0; for (p=ret; *p==' '; p++) ; return (p); }