\membersection{wxString::ToLong}\label{wxstringtolong}
-\constfunc{bool}{ToLong}{\param{long}{ *val}, \param{int }{base = $0$}}
+\constfunc{bool}{ToLong}{\param{long}{ *val}, \param{int }{base = $10$}}
Attempts to convert the string to a signed integer in base {\it base}. Returns
{\tt TRUE} on success in which case the number is stored in the location
pointed to by {\it val} or {\tt FALSE} if the string does not represent a
valid number in the given base.
-The default value of {\it base} $0$ is special and means that the usual rules
-of {\tt C} numbers are applied: if the number starts with {\tt 0x} it is
-considered to be in base $16$, if it starts with {\tt 0} - in base $8$ and in
-base $10$ otherwise. Note that you may want to specify the base $10$ explicitly
-if you are parsing the numbers which may have leading zeroes as otherwise the
-string {\tt "09"} may not be parsed correctly: it would be understood as an
-octal number because of the leading zero and the parsing would then fail as
-{\tt '9'} is not a valid octal digit.
+The value of {\it base} must be comprised between $2$ and $36$, inclusive, or
+be a special value $0$ which means that the usual rules of {\tt C} numbers are
+applied: if the number starts with {\tt 0x} it is considered to be in base
+$16$, if it starts with {\tt 0} - in base $8$ and in base $10$ otherwise. Note
+that you may not want to specify the base $0$ if you are parsing the numbers
+which may have leading zeroes as they can yield unexpected (to the user not
+familiar with C) results.
\wxheading{See also}
\membersection{wxString::ToULong}\label{wxstringtoulong}
-\constfunc{bool}{ToULong}{\param{unsigned long}{ *val}, \param{int }{base = $0$}}
+\constfunc{bool}{ToULong}{\param{unsigned long}{ *val}, \param{int }{base = $10$}}
Attempts to convert the string to a ansigned integer in base {\it base}.
Returns {\tt TRUE} on success in which case the number is stored in the
// check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
- // conversion to numbers: all functions return TRUE only if the whole string
- // is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer provided
+ // conversion to numbers: all functions return TRUE only if the whole
+ // string is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer
+ // provided, the base is the numeric base in which the conversion should be
+ // done and must be comprised between 2 and 36 or be 0 in which case the
+ // standard C rules apply (leading '0' => octal, "0x" => hex)
// convert to a signed integer
- bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 0) const;
+ bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 10) const;
// convert to an unsigned integer
- bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 0) const;
+ bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 10) const;
// convert to a double
bool ToDouble(double *val) const;
bool wxString::ToLong(long *val, int base) const
{
wxCHECK_MSG( val, FALSE, _T("NULL pointer in wxString::ToLong") );
+ wxASSERT_MSG( !base || (base > 1 && base <= 36), _T("invalid base") );
const wxChar *start = c_str();
wxChar *end;
bool wxString::ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base) const
{
wxCHECK_MSG( val, FALSE, _T("NULL pointer in wxString::ToULong") );
+ wxASSERT_MSG( !base || (base > 1 && base <= 36), _T("invalid base") );
const wxChar *start = c_str();
wxChar *end;