Thread: Array Help

Hi,

Could anybody shed any light as to this little problem:

I have declared an array of 26 characters to be used to hold lettes that have been guessed in a game of hangman. The array is then printed after each guessed letter to inform the user! My problem is is that as well as printing the characters is also prints strangee characters regulalry following the letters. The code that I am using for this little bit is:

Code:

char alphabet[15];

alphabet[j] = letter;  /* where letter is the one chosen by the user*/
  j++;

printf("\n\nThe letters that you have chosen so far ar:  %s", alphabet);

This is just extracted from the main body of the code, but this is the only part I am having trouble with.

Thanks

Hahaha...sorry I had not yet changed that length of the string to 26

How would I go about terminating the string with a zero? Is that done when the array is declared?

Thanks for the quick responses.

Originally Posted by vart

2 ways - zero initialize whole array and make sure you do not overwrite the last char

Code:

char alphabet[27] = {0};

or after you finish writing last char to be shown at the index i - put 0 at the index i+1

Thanks very much. You've made a stressed student very happy!!!!

Game now done! Just need to tidy up the code and add comments!!!

Thanks again!