keypad storing problem any idea store more than 11 numbers like phone number

Question

      #include <SoftwareSerial.h>
    #include <LiquidCrystal.h>
  SoftwareSerial mySerial(6,5);
  int table[]={0,0,0};
  #include <Keypad.h>
  #include <Wire.h>
  LiquidCrystal lcd(7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12);
const byte ROWS = 4; //four rows
  const byte COLS = 3; //three columns


  char keys[ROWS][COLS] = {
  {'1','2','3'},
  {'4','5','6'},
  {'7','8','9'},
  {'*','0','#'}
  };
byte rowPins[ROWS] = {2, 3, 17, 16}; //connect to the row pinouts of the keypad
byte colPins[COLS] = {15, 14, 13}; //connect to the column pinouts of the keypad
   int count=0;
  Keypad kpd = Keypad(makeKeymap(keys), rowPins, colPins, ROWS, COLS);
 char entryStr[13];   // This can hold up to 4 digits
  int i=0;
     ***char n1, n2 , n3;
     char buf [15] ;// i put here***
  void setup()
  {
     Wire.begin();  
mySerial.begin(9600); 
  Serial.begin(9600);
lcd.begin(20, 4);
ask();

    }

  void loop(){

Wire.requestFrom(2, 3); // request 6 bytes from slave device #2 for(int i=0;i<3;i++) {

 int c = Wire.read(); // receive a byte as character
Serial.print(c);  
 table[i]=c;
 Serial.print('\t');

// print the character } Serial.print('\n'); Serial.print(table[0]); Serial.print('\t'); Serial.print(table1); Serial.print('\t'); Serial.print(table[2]); Serial.print('\n');

//if(table[0]<=8) //{ //Serial.print("Flame Detected!"); //Serial.println("Level1");

}
void ask()
{


  lcd.clear();

lcd.setCursor(0,0); lcd.print("Enter no1.:"); lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("(starts with 0)"); lcd.setCursor(1,2); n1 =GetNumber (buf, sizeof (buf) - 1);

 Serial.print(n1);

 delay(1);

   lcd.clear();
  lcd.setCursor(0,0);
 lcd.print("Enter no2.:"); 

lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("(starts with 0)"); lcd.setCursor(1,2); n2=GetNumber (buf, sizeof (buf) - 1);

   Serial.println (n2);  
    delay(1);
 lcd.clear();
 lcd.setCursor(0,0);
  lcd.print("Enter no3.:"); 

lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("(starts with 0)"); lcd.setCursor(1,2); n3 = GetNumber (buf, sizeof (buf) - 1);

 Serial.println (n3);
 delay(1);
   Serial.println (n1);
     Serial.println (n2);
       Serial.println (n3);

lcd.clear();
lcd.setCursor(0,0); lcd.print("list of numbers "); lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("will be shown press"); lcd.setCursor(1,2); lcd.print("reset if wrong");

delay(7000); lcd.clear(); lcd.setCursor(0,0); lcd.print("Numbers Stored:"); lcd.setCursor(0,1); lcd.print("no1.:0"); lcd.print(n1); lcd.setCursor(1,2); lcd.print("no2.:0"); lcd.print(n2); lcd.setCursor(2,3); lcd.print("no3.:0"); lcd.print(n3);

}

void GetNumber(char * result, const int maxLength) { char key = kpd.getKey(); int i = 0; // how far through buffer we are while (key != '#') { switch (key) { case NO_KEY: break;

   case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
 case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
    lcd.print(key);
    if (i < maxLength)
      {
      result [i++] = key;
      result [i] = 0;  // terminating null
      }
    break;

  case '*':  // backspace
    if (i > 0)
      {
      i--;
      result [i] = 0;  // terminating null
      }

    break;
}

key = kpd.getKey();

} } // end of GetNumber

//I changed it..it gave me this error

Answer 1

 long GetNumber()

A long type (on this platform) can go up to 2^31 (that is 2,147,483,648). Large 10-digit numbers (ie. starting with "9") will not fit.

You could work with a 10-character string (or longer) instead of a long.

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Make GetNumber deal with strings, like this:

void GetNumber(char * result, const int maxLength)
{
  char key = kpd.getKey();
  int i = 0;   // how far through buffer we are
  while (key != '#')
  {
    switch (key)
    {
      case NO_KEY:
        break;

      case '0' ... '9': 
        lcd.print(key);
        if (i < maxLength)
          {
          result [i++] = key;
          result [i] = 0;  // terminating null
          }
        break;

      case '*':  // backspace
        if (i > 0)
          {
          i--;
          result [i] = 0;  // terminating null
          }

        break;
    }

    key = kpd.getKey();
  }
} // end of GetNumber

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Now, to call GetNumber supply a char buffer and the maximum length (allowing for the 0x00 needed to terminate a string), like this:

  char buf [15];
  GetNumber (buf, sizeof (buf) - 1);

Answer 2

Use a string or a char. They store their numbers a character per character and not a huge number. A long can hold a max of around 2 000 000 000.

For example, 123 declared as an lon would be litteraly, mathematicly 123 (as 100 + 20 + 3). On the other side, a char will consider it as 1,2,3. It can store higher digits number.