/* * aegis - project change supervisor * Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Miller; * All rights reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. * * MANIFEST: functions to skip unlucky numbers */ #include long skip_unlucky(n) long n; { long mult; /* * Celtic tradition, I think. Anyone know its origin? */ if (n == 13) ++n; /* * Christian tradition: the number of the devil. */ if (n == 666) ++n; /* * Eastern tradition: the number ``4'' can sound like ``death'' * if slightly mis-pronounced. */ for (mult = 1; mult < n; mult *= 10) { long fudge = n / mult; if ((fudge % 10) == 4) n = (fudge + 1) * mult; } return n; }