My B64 Encoder doesn't work - c

Hi I made a base 64 encoder and some of it works but not 100% and its driving me crazy why it won't work.
int b64_encode(FILE *in, FILE *out)
{
do
{
char outbuf [76+3];// room for null \n \r
char inbuf [57];//ratio 4ascii/3chars
for(int i=0; i < sizeof(inbuf);i++)
inbuf[i]=0;
int i1;
int i2;
int i3;
int o1;
int o2;
int o3;
int o4;
int combine;
size_t read_cnt;
read_cnt = fread(inbuf,1,sizeof(inbuf),in);
for (int i = 0; i < read_cnt; i=i+3)
{
i3 = inbuf[i+2];
i2 =inbuf[i+1] << 8;
i1 = inbuf[i] << 16;
combine = i1+i2+i3;
o4 = (combine & 0x3f);
combine = combine >> 6;
o3 = (combine & 0x3f);
combine = combine >> 6;
o2 = (combine & 0x3f);
combine = combine >> 6;
o1 = (combine & 0x3f);
combine = combine >> 6;
outbuf[i*4/3]=ENCODE[o1];
outbuf[i*4/3+1]=ENCODE[o2];
outbuf[i*4/3+2]=ENCODE[o3];
outbuf[i*4/3+3]=ENCODE[o4];
}
for(int i=0; i < sizeof(outbuf);i++)
{
if(outbuf[i]==0)
{
outbuf[i+2]='\0';
outbuf[i]='\r';
outbuf[i+1]='\n';
i=sizeof(outbuf);
}
}
//padding
if((read_cnt%3)==2)
{
int t= (int)read_cnt;
int temp= ((t/3)+1)*4;
outbuf[temp-1] = '=';
}
if((read_cnt%3)==1)
{
int t= (int)read_cnt;
int temp= ((t/3)+1)*4;
outbuf[temp-1] = '=';
outbuf[temp-2] = '=';
}
//for(int i=0; i < sizeof((read_cnt)*4/3);i++)
printf("%s",outbuf);
}
while(feof(in)==0);
return 0;
}
When I type the example I get on wikipedia of 'Man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but by this singular passion from
other animals, which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight
in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short
vehemence of any carnal pleasure.', it should be 'TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlz
IHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2Yg
dGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0aGUgY29udGlu
dWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRo
ZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4='
but I get
'TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0aGlz
IHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbQpvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1c3Qgb2Yg
dGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodAppbiB0aGUgY29udGlu
dWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRo
ZSBzaG9ydAp2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4KZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRo'
which is the same thing but with this little extra on the end 'KZGdlLCBleGNlZWRzIHRo'. Can someone please help me understand where this extra code is coming from ? thanks so much

You have couple of problems in you code.
You are reading past your data buffer.
i3 = inbuf[i+2];
i2 = inbuf[i+1] << 8;
You really should add checks, for not getting values outside [0..read_cnt-1]
You are using shift on signed integers. That would give you interesting results when working with non-ASCII text or binary data
i3 = (unsigned char*)inbuf[i+2];
i2 = (unsigned char*)inbuf[i+1] << 8;
i1 = (unsigned char*)inbuf[i] << 16;
Reason is that char is a signed type, which is expanded to int with all high bits set when the char has bit 7 set (exceeds 0x7f)
Also combine should be unsigned.
You are not terminating outbuf after encoding loop.
You are trying to find 0, but it is not there...
Instead of multiple paddings, you might try the following:
int pos = read_cnt * 4;
switch (read_cnt % 3)
{
case 1: outbuf[pos++] = '=';
case 2: outbuf[pos++] = '=';
case 0: outbuf[pos++] = '\r';
outbuf[pos++] = '\n';
outbuf[pos] = 0;
}
read_cnt should be ssize_t

Try...
for (int i = 0; i < read_cnt - 2; i=i+3)
... instead of...
for (int i = 0; i < read_cnt; i=i+3)
I tried to understand what exactly you are trying to do by checking the Wikipedia article, but I cannot say that I have understood the whole thing correctly.

Related

Set whole byte if first bit is 1

I'm trying to make program that will for for example 273(000100010001b) make to 4095(111111111111b).
Funny part is that my program works for first 2 iterations, for example 17(00010001b) correctly returns 255(11111111b) but every byte after that doesn't work. For instance 273(000100010001b) returns 61951(1111000111111111b) and I cant figure out why is that.
Here is my code
int x,temp, i;
int mask = 15;
scanf_s("%d", &x);
temp = x;
for(i=0;i<4;i++){
mask<<=i*4;
if((temp&1)==1){
x|=mask;
} else{
}
temp>>=4;
}
printf("%d", x);
The issue is the shift you perform on mask. You shift it by 0 on the 1st iteration, 4 on the 2nd, 12 (4 + 8) on the 3rd and so on.
Also, you don't apply the mask over all the bits of temp. I can't tell if you do this on purpose.
Here you are a fixed version:
int foo(int x) {
/* ^ I didn't know how to call such function */
static size_t const mask_size = 4;
unsigned mask = 15;
int temp = x;
for (unsigned i = 0; i < (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(int)) / mask_size; ++i) {
if ((temp & 1) == 1) {
x |= mask;
}
mask <<= mask_size;
temp >>= mask_size;
}
return x;
}
My results are:
in: 17(10) = 10001(2)
out: 255(10) = 11111111(2)
in: 273(10) = 100010001(2)
out: 4095(10) = 111111111111(2)
in: 4369(10) = 1000100010001(2)
out: 65535(10) = 1111111111111111(2)

C Bitwise operations left shift and bitwise OR

Very short, I am having issues understanding the workings of this code, it is much more efficient then my 20 or so lines to get the same outcome. I understand how left shift is supposed to work and the bitwise Or but would appreciate a little guidance to understand how the two come together to make the line in the for loop work.
Code is meant to take in an array of bits(bits) of a given size(count) and return the integer value of the bits.
unsigned binary_array_to_numbers(const unsigned *bits, size_t count) {
unsigned res = 0;
for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
res = res << 1 | bits[i];
return res;
}
EDIT: As requested, My newbie solution that still passed all tests: Added is a sample of possible assignment to bits[]
unsigned binary_array_to_numbers(const unsigned *bits, size_t count)
{
int i, j = 0;
unsigned add = 0;
for (i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--){
if(bits[i] == 1){
if(j >= 1){
j = j * 2;
add = add + j;
}
else{
j++;
add = add + j;
}
}
else {
if( j>= 1){
j = j * 2;
}
else{
j++;
}
}
}
return add;
}
void main(){
const unsigned bits[] = {0,1,1,0};
size_t count = sizeof(bits)/sizeof(bits[0]);
binary_array_to_numbers(bits, count);
}
a breakdown:
every left shift operation on a binary number effectively multiplies
it by 2 0111(7) << 1 = 1110(14)
consider rhubarbdog answer - the operation can be seen as two separate actions. first left-shift (multiply by two) and then OR with the current bit being reviewed
the PC does not distinguish between the value displayed and the binary
representation of the number
lets try and review a case in-which your input is:
bits = {0, 1, 0, 1};
count = 4;
unsigned binary_array_to_numbers(const unsigned *bits, size_t count) {
unsigned res = 0;
for (size_t i = 0; i < count; i++)
res = res << 1 // (a)
res = res | bits[i]; /* (b) according to rhubarbdog answer */
return res;
}
iteration 0:
- bits[i] = 0;
- (a) res = b0; (left shift of 0)
- (b) res = b0; (bitwise OR with 0)
iteration 1:
- bits[i] = 1;
- (a) res = b0; (left shift of 0)
- (b) res = b1; (bitwise OR with 1)
iteration 2:
- bits[i] = 0;
- (a) res = b10; (left shift of 1 - decimal value is 2)
- (b) res = b10; (bitwise OR with 0)
iteration 3:
- bits[i] = 1;
- (a) res = b100; (left shift of 1 - decimal value is 4)
- (b) res = b101; (bitwise OR with 1)
the final result for res is binary(101) and decimal(5) as one would expect
NOTE: the use of unsigned is a must since a signed value will be interpreted as a negative value if the MSB is 1
hope that helps...
consider them as 2 operations i'll re-write res= ... as 2 lines
res = res << 1
res = res | 1
The firs pass res gets set to 1, next time it's shifted *2 then because it's now even +1

Take the LSB of each int in an array and combine them to create a byte

So right now i have this
unsigned char getlsbs(unsigned char *p){
int r;
unsigned char newByte, temp;
newByte = 0;
for(r = 0; r < 8; r++){
temp = p[r];
temp &= -temp; // Gets the LSB of p[r]
((newByte & (1 << r)) >> r) |= temp; //This line does not work
}
return newByte;
}
for the line that doesn't work I am trying to set the rth int of newByte into the LSD so I can turn 00000000 into something like 10100001 any help would be greatly apreciated
You can't assign to an expression. To simplify the problem: a + 1 = b doesn't work. Rewrite that as a = b - 1 instead.
I would just do:
for(r = 0; r < 8; r++){
newByte |= (p[r] & 1) >> r;
}
A common way to accumulate bits into a target is to left shift in-place the previous value left, then OR in the new bit: newByte = (newByte << 1) | (temp & 0x01) In the above code, the left hand side of the line that says, "This line does not work" does not appear to be a valid target for an assignment operation.

Bitwise shifting array of char's

I have got an array of chars that I'm trying to bitwise shift right >>, then & with another array. I think I have got the wrong idea of how to do this.
I thought, even though it was an array of chars just stating my_array >>= 1 would shift everything but I am getting an error: "error: invalid operands to binary >> (have ‘char[8]’ and ‘int’)"
The bitwise comparision I am trying to do is with a similar size array initiated to all "0's"...for that I'm getting: "error: invalid operands to binary & (have ‘char *’ and ‘char *’)"
Do I need to convert these array's into something else before I can shift and compare?
Sorry, I was not super clear... All great advice up to this point and I think I am realizing more that there is no super easy way to do this. More specifically, what I am trying to do is shift the bits of the WHOLE char array right 1, adding the bit shifted off the right back to the left most side of the array, do the bitwise compare with another array of same size.
Technically the compare doesn't have to be array with array... I just need the bits. Would it be easier to convert the array's to something else before trying to do the shifts/comparisons?
You have to shift and compare elementwise.
for(i = 0; i < len; ++i)
array[i] >>= 3;
for example. If you want to move the bits shifted out of one element to the next, it's more complicated, say you're shifting right, then
unsigned char bits1 = 0, bits2 = 0;
for(i = len-1; i >= 0; --i) {
bits2 = array[i] & 0x07;
array[i] >>= 3;
array[i] |= bits1 << 5;
bits1 = bits2;
}
traversing the array in the other direction because you need the bits from the next higher slot.
You'll have to shift the entries in the array one by one. (And if you want to compare two of these, you'll need to do it element by element.)
If you were hoping that bits shifted off each char would get shifted into the next one, you'll need to take care of that manually too.
If you are wanting that shift-into-the-next-byte behaviour, and don't mind making your code nasty and nonportable and bug-prone, you might be able to take a pointer to the array, cast it to something like unsigned long long *, dereference it and shift the resulting integer, and store it back again.
BUT if that's the behaviour you want then you should be using an integer instead of a char[8] to begin with.
(If you could say more about what you're actually aiming to achieve, then more helpful answers may be possible.)
If you want to perform operations such as shifting / OR / XOR / AND / etc.. on arrays, you should perform it in a loop, you cannot perform it directly on the array.
/** Shift an array right.
* #param ar The array to shift.
* #param size The number of array elements.
* #param shift The number of bits to shift.
*/
void shift_right(unsigned char *ar, int size, int shift)
{
int carry = 0; // Clear the initial carry bit.
while (shift--) { // For each bit to shift ...
for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; --i) { // For each element of the array from high to low ...
int next = (ar[i] & 1) ? 0x80 : 0; // ... if the low bit is set, set the carry bit.
ar[i] = carry | (ar[i] >> 1); // Shift the element one bit left and addthe old carry.
carry = next; // Remember the old carry for next time.
}
}
}
You can shift only members of that arrays, a char (or an int). You can't shift an entire array. Shifting my_array tries to perform a shift operation on an array type (or a pointer to char) which is impossible. Do this instead:
for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
my_array[i] >>= 1;
}
Also you must be careful with chars because they are usually signed, and a char containing a negative value will bring '1' from the left instead of zeros. So you better use unsigned chars.
EDIT:
The code above is simplistic. If you intended to shift right the array as a whole, not just each byte on its own, then you need to "manually" copy each LSB to the MSB of the byte to its right. Take a loop at the answer of Richard Pennington.
/**
* shift a number of bits to the right
*
* #param SRC the array to shift
* #param len the length of the array
* #param shift the number of consecutive bits to shift
*
*/
static void shift_bits_right(uint8_t SRC[], uint16_t len, uint32_t shift) {
uint32_t i = 0;
uint8_t start = shift / 8;
uint8_t rest = shift % 8;
uint8_t previous = 0;
for(i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if(start <= i) {
previous = SRC[i - start];
}
uint8_t value = (previous << (8 - rest)) | SRC[i + start] >> rest;
SRC[i + start] = value;
}
}
I know this is old topic but i was not satisfied with the answers available, here is something i wrote recently which allows you to specify the amount of bits you can shift by and also there is simple XOR encryption in it.
//https://github.com/ashvin-bhuttoo/CryptoTest/blob/master/CryptoTest/Crypto.cpp
//CRYPTO CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
#define BIT_SHIFT 3
#define XOR_KEY 0x3C
#define ENABLE_XOR_VARIANCE true
////////////////////////////////
int get_rs_mask(int shift)
{
switch (shift)
{
case 0:
return 0x00;
case 1:
return 0x01;
case 2:
return 0x03;
case 3:
return 0x07;
case 4:
return 0x0F;
case 5:
return 0x1F;
case 6:
return 0x3F;
case 7:
return 0x7F;
default:
throw "get_rs_mask -> Error, shift argument outside legal range 0-7";
}
}
void shift_right(char* buf, int msg_len, int shift)
{
unsigned char tmp = 0x00, tmp2 = 0x00;
for (int k = 0; k <= msg_len; k++)
{
if (k == 0)
{
tmp = buf[k];
buf[k] >>= shift;
}
else
{
tmp2 = buf[k];
buf[k] >>= shift;
buf[k] |= ((tmp & get_rs_mask(shift)) << (8 - shift));
if (k != msg_len)
tmp = tmp2;
}
}
}
int get_ls_mask(int shift)
{
switch (shift)
{
case 0:
return 0x00;
case 1:
return 0x80;
case 2:
return 0xC0;
case 3:
return 0xE0;
case 4:
return 0xF0;
case 5:
return 0xF8;
case 6:
return 0xFC;
case 7:
return 0xFE;
default:
throw "get_ls_mask -> Error, shift argument outside legal range 0-7";
}
}
void shift_left(char* buf, int msg_len, int shift)
{
char tmp = 0x00, tmp2 = 0x00;
for (int k = msg_len; k >= 0; k--)
{
if (k == msg_len)
{
tmp = buf[k];
buf[k] <<= shift;
}
else
{
tmp2 = buf[k];
buf[k] <<= shift;
buf[k] |= ((tmp & get_ls_mask(shift)) >> (8 - shift));
tmp = tmp2;
}
}
}
void crypt(char* buf, int msg_len, bool decrypt = false)
{
if (!decrypt)
{
shift_right(buf, msg_len, BIT_SHIFT);
for (int k = 0; k < msg_len; k++)
{
buf[k] = buf[k] ^ XOR_KEY ^ k * (ENABLE_XOR_VARIANCE ? 2 : 0);
}
buf[msg_len] = '\0';
}
else
{
for (int k = 0; k < msg_len; k++)
{
buf[k] = buf[k] ^ XOR_KEY ^ k * (ENABLE_XOR_VARIANCE ? 2 : 0);
}
shift_left(buf, (msg_len)-1, BIT_SHIFT);
}
}
/**
* Shift a number of bits to the right
*
* #param array The array to shift
* #param len The length of the array
* #param shift The number of consecutive bits to shift. To the right if shift is positif.
*
*/
static void shift_bits_right(uint8_t *array, int len, int shift) {
uint8_t macro_shift = shift / 8;
shift = shift % 8;
uint8_t array_out[len];
memset(array_out, 0, len);
for(int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if(i+macro_shift < len)
array_out[i+macro_shift] += array[i]>>shift;
if(i+macro_shift+1 < len)
array_out[i+macro_shift+1] += array[i]<<(8-shift);
}
memcpy(array, array_out, len);
}
For everyone who is looking for a code snippet to (logically) shift right a byte array that actually works:
template<size_t N> void shift_right(array<uint8_t, N>& arr, uint64_t bits)
{
int64_t num_bytes = bits / 8;
int64_t num_bits = bits % 8;
for(int64_t i = N-1; i >= 0; i--)
{
int64_t i_from = i - num_bytes;
int64_t i_from_minus_one = i - num_bytes - 1;
uint8_t v_from = i_from < 0 ? 0 : arr[i_from];
uint8_t v_from_minus_one = i_from_minus_one < 0 ? 0 : arr[i_from_minus_one];
arr[i] = v_from >> num_bits | v_from_minus_one << (8 - num_bits);
}
}

How do I get bit-by-bit data from an integer value in C?

I want to extract bits of a decimal number.
For example, 7 is binary 0111, and I want to get 0 1 1 1 all bits stored in bool. How can I do so?
OK, a loop is not a good option, can I do something else for this?
If you want the k-th bit of n, then do
(n & ( 1 << k )) >> k
Here we create a mask, apply the mask to n, and then right shift the masked value to get just the bit we want. We could write it out more fully as:
int mask = 1 << k;
int masked_n = n & mask;
int thebit = masked_n >> k;
You can read more about bit-masking here.
Here is a program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int *get_bits(int n, int bitswanted){
int *bits = malloc(sizeof(int) * bitswanted);
int k;
for(k=0; k<bitswanted; k++){
int mask = 1 << k;
int masked_n = n & mask;
int thebit = masked_n >> k;
bits[k] = thebit;
}
return bits;
}
int main(){
int n=7;
int bitswanted = 5;
int *bits = get_bits(n, bitswanted);
printf("%d = ", n);
int i;
for(i=bitswanted-1; i>=0;i--){
printf("%d ", bits[i]);
}
printf("\n");
}
As requested, I decided to extend my comment on forefinger's answer to a full-fledged answer. Although his answer is correct, it is needlessly complex. Furthermore all current answers use signed ints to represent the values. This is dangerous, as right-shifting of negative values is implementation-defined (i.e. not portable) and left-shifting can lead to undefined behavior (see this question).
By right-shifting the desired bit into the least significant bit position, masking can be done with 1. No need to compute a new mask value for each bit.
(n >> k) & 1
As a complete program, computing (and subsequently printing) an array of single bit values:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
unsigned
input = 0b0111u,
n_bits = 4u,
*bits = (unsigned*)malloc(sizeof(unsigned) * n_bits),
bit = 0;
for(bit = 0; bit < n_bits; ++bit)
bits[bit] = (input >> bit) & 1;
for(bit = n_bits; bit--;)
printf("%u", bits[bit]);
printf("\n");
free(bits);
}
Assuming that you want to calculate all bits as in this case, and not a specific one, the loop can be further changed to
for(bit = 0; bit < n_bits; ++bit, input >>= 1)
bits[bit] = input & 1;
This modifies input in place and thereby allows the use of a constant width, single-bit shift, which may be more efficient on some architectures.
Here's one way to do it—there are many others:
bool b[4];
int v = 7; // number to dissect
for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j)
b [j] = 0 != (v & (1 << j));
It is hard to understand why use of a loop is not desired, but it is easy enough to unroll the loop:
bool b[4];
int v = 7; // number to dissect
b [0] = 0 != (v & (1 << 0));
b [1] = 0 != (v & (1 << 1));
b [2] = 0 != (v & (1 << 2));
b [3] = 0 != (v & (1 << 3));
Or evaluating constant expressions in the last four statements:
b [0] = 0 != (v & 1);
b [1] = 0 != (v & 2);
b [2] = 0 != (v & 4);
b [3] = 0 != (v & 8);
Here's a very simple way to do it;
int main()
{
int s=7,l=1;
vector <bool> v;
v.clear();
while (l <= 4)
{
v.push_back(s%2);
s /= 2;
l++;
}
for (l=(v.size()-1); l >= 0; l--)
{
cout<<v[l]<<" ";
}
return 0;
}
Using std::bitset
int value = 123;
std::bitset<sizeof(int)> bits(value);
std::cout <<bits.to_string();
#prateek thank you for your help. I rewrote the function with comments for use in a program. Increase 8 for more bits (up to 32 for an integer).
std::vector <bool> bits_from_int (int integer) // discern which bits of PLC codes are true
{
std::vector <bool> bool_bits;
// continously divide the integer by 2, if there is no remainder, the bit is 1, else it's 0
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
{
bool_bits.push_back (integer%2); // remainder of dividing by 2
integer /= 2; // integer equals itself divided by 2
}
return bool_bits;
}
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
int number = 7; /* signed */
int vbool[8 * sizeof(int)];
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 8 * sizeof(int); i++)
{
vbool[i] = number<<i < 0;
printf("%d", vbool[i]);
}
return 0;
}
If you don't want any loops, you'll have to write it out:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
int main(void)
{
int num = 7;
#if 0
bool arr[4] = { (num&1) ?true: false, (num&2) ?true: false, (num&4) ?true: false, (num&8) ?true: false };
#else
#define BTB(v,i) ((v) & (1u << (i))) ? true : false
bool arr[4] = { BTB(num,0), BTB(num,1), BTB(num,2), BTB(num,3)};
#undef BTB
#endif
printf("%d %d %d %d\n", arr[3], arr[2], arr[1], arr[0]);
return 0;
}
As demonstrated here, this also works in an initializer.

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