source: buchla-68k/orig/DATE/CHINAYR.C@ b8080f6

/*
   =============================================================================
        chinayr.c -- return the Chinese Year of the ...
        Version 1 -- 1988-05-19 -- D.N. Lynx Crowe
   =============================================================================
*/

#define TESTER          /* define for a test program */

/* 
   =============================================================================
        chinayr() -- returns a pointer to a static string for the Chinese year
   =============================================================================
*/

char *
chinayr(year)
register int year;
{
        static  char    *chyrs[] = {    /* Chinese Year cycle */

                "Rat",          /* 0 */
                "Ox",           /* 1 */
                "Tiger",        /* 2 */
                "Rabbit",       /* 3 */
                "Dragon",       /* 4 */
                "Snake",        /* 5 */
                "Horse",        /* 6 */
                "Ram",          /* 7 */
                "Monkey",       /* 8 */
                "Cock",         /* 9 */
                "Dog",          /* 10 */
                "Boar"          /* 11 */
        };

        year -= 4;

        if (year < 0)
                return("?????");
        else
                return(chyrs[year % 12]);
}

/* 

*/

#ifdef  TESTER

#include "stdio.h"

extern  int     atoi();

main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
        register int n;

        while (--argc) {

                n = atoi(*++argv);

                if (n < 4)
                        printf("%4d is out of range\n", n);
                else
                        printf("%4d is the Year of the %s\n", n, chinayr(n));
        }
}

#endif