#include <string.h>

#include <stdio.h>

void foo (char *bar)

{

   long my_long = 101010101; // in hex: \xB5\x4A\x05\x06

   char buffer[28];        

   printf("my_long value = %lu\n", my_long);

   strcpy(buffer, bar);    

   printf("my_long value = %lu\n", my_long);

}

int main (int argc, char **argv)

{

  foo("my string is too long !!!!! ");    

  return 0;

}