Thread: Ez ... right? Has't to do with arrays being null'd

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    Ez ... right? Has't to do with arrays being null'd

    I have been useing this to make every array subscript null ...

    Code:
    	char str[80];
    	int idx;
    
    	for( idx = 0; idx < strlen(str); idx++ )
    		str[idx] = NULL;
    Isn't there a better way? Yes, yes i know i can make my own function out of that, but I would like to force every subscript of the array to be null once it(char array) is declared ... ? TIA.

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    jupp

    memset( void *data, int value, sizeof( data ))

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    KeM, good function and thanks for your time... but..

    I want all of the subscripts to be NULL as the array variable is declared ...
    For Instance :
    Code:
    char string[80] = want all the subcripts to be NULL right here.
    TIA.
    Last edited by knave; 02-14-2002 at 04:24 PM.

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    char string[80] = {0};
    But be warned, this will flag warnings on some compilers and most definitely lint. Something along the lines of assigning an int where a char is expected and not specifying more than one element in an array of 80. But in this initialization if you don't specify all of the elements then the ones you didn't specify will be set to NULL by default.

    I'd suggest you use memset instead though.

    -Prelude
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    Ok, cool. Thanks to all who responded (KeM,Prelude). I have managed to take in memset, works perfectly. later.

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