This project has been created as partof the 42 curriculum by lmouta-g (dop42).

Description

This project is a reusable C utility library based on the 42 library exercise, with explicit function and file names.

It contains helpers for:

• character checks and conversions;
• memory and string handling;
• linked lists, output helpers, formatted printing, and line reading.
• fixed-size arena allocation.

The goal is to keep the library readable when reused in later projects.

Moulinette

This refactor is no longer designed to pass the 42 moulinette. As I move forward in the curriculum, this library changes with my needs: I optimize parts of it, change internal structures, and add new helpers when they become useful for later projects.

Instructions

Compilation

make

Useful rules:

make clean
make fclean
make re

The build creates:

utility_library.a

Usage

Include the header:

#include "utility_library.h"

Compile with the static library:

cc main.c utility_library.a -I includes

Structure

includes/utility_library.h
src/ctype
src/stdlib
src/string
src/memory
src/io
src/list
src/printf
src/arena
src/extra

Naming

The public API uses descriptive names.

Examples:

string_length
duplicate_string
string_to_int
print_formatted
create_node
copy_memory
get_next_line
create_arena
arena_alloc
arena_zalloc
destroy_arena

Credits

The arena allocator was inspired by Axel Margo's arena-lib: https://github.com/Axel-Margo/arena-lib.