#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
int16_t buf_16;
int8_t buf_8;

int print_raw_out(int bars_count, int fd, int is_binary, int bit_format,
int ascii_range, char bar_delim, char frame_delim, const int const f[200]) {
	if (is_binary) {
        for (int i = 0; i < bars_count; i++) {
            int f_limited = f[i];
            if (f_limited > (pow(2, bit_format) - 1)) f_limited = pow(2, bit_format) - 1;

		    switch (bit_format) {
		    case 16:
                buf_16 = f_limited;
			    write(fd, &buf_16, sizeof(int16_t));
			    break;
		    case 8:
                buf_8 = f_limited;
			    write(fd, &buf_8, sizeof(int8_t));
			    break;
		    }
        }
	} else { // ascii
		for (int i = 0; i < bars_count; i++) {
			int f_ranged = f[i];
			if (f_ranged > ascii_range) f_ranged = ascii_range;

			// finding size of number-string in byte
			int bar_height_size = 2; // a number + \0
			if (f_ranged != 0) bar_height_size += floor (log10 (f_ranged));

			char bar_height[bar_height_size];
			snprintf(bar_height, bar_height_size, "%d", f_ranged);

			write(fd, bar_height, bar_height_size - 1);
			write(fd, &bar_delim, sizeof(bar_delim));
		}
	write(fd, &frame_delim, sizeof(frame_delim));
	}
	return 0;
}
