need help understanding this simple c code.

[xxRICKxx]

This is a simple program to reverse the words in a sentence:

I am a newbie in C and I would definitely appreciate some help.

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXLINE 100

static void reverse(char *str)
{
	char word[MAXLINE];
	char *w = word;
	while (*str == ' ')
		 ++str;
	if ( *str == '\0' ) 
		return;
	while (*str != '\0' && *str != ' ') 	
		*w++ = *str++;
	*w = '\0';
	reverse(str);
	printf("%s ",word);
}

int main ( )
{
	char str[MAXLINE];
	printf("Enter a sentence:\n");
	fflush(stdout);
	gets(str);
	reverse(str);
	return 0;
}

I got this code from a website and i couldn't understand the reverse function especially the first while stmt and the if stmt.

Thanks in advance.

[quzah]

while not at a space

and

if end of the string



Quzah.

[RockyMarrone]

This is working correctly whatz the problem with the code it is working fine first of all
did u compiled at your end with gcc or any compiler....

do u want to understand the code logic or what ???

while (*str == ' ')
		 ++str;

in this code str will reach at that point where
++str will be done until the str != ' ' space occur

	if ( *str == '\0' ) 
		return;

means if str is having '\0' Null termination character then return
'\0' is always appends at the end of every string , which treats as the string end.

[xxRICKxx]

This is working correctly whatz the problem with the code it is working fine first of all
did u compiled at your end with gcc or any compiler....

do u want to understand the code logic or what ???

while (*str == ' ')
		 ++str;

in this code str will reach at that point where
++str will be done until the str != ' ' space occur

	if ( *str == '\0' ) 
		return;

means if str is having '\0' Null termination character then return
'\0' is always appends at the end of every string , which treats as the string end.

I know the program works fine. I just couldn't understand the logic. that was pretty obvious from the while statement that ++str will be done until the str != ' ' space occur..
But my question was why!!??! Am sorry to bother you but would you mind explaining the same?

[Adak]

#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXLINE 100

static void reverse(char *str)
{
	char word[MAXLINE];
	char *w = word;
	while (*str == ' ')
		 ++str;         //let's str skip over white space.
	if ( *str == '\0' )   //str has found the end of string char, we're done here.
		return;
	while (*str != '\0' && *str != ' ') //if str is pointing at a letter, not a space, and	
		*w++ = *str++;              //not an end of string char, then
	*w = '\0';                          //we've got another w, and increment str, please! 
	reverse(str)                        //we're not at the end, more words to follow, so
	printf("%s ",word);                 //mark this word just found, with an end of string char
}                                            //and print it.

int main ( )
{
	char str[MAXLINE];
	printf("Enter a sentence:\n");
	fflush(stdout);
	gets(str);
	reverse(str);
	return 0;
}

Hope the above comments help. Str is a pointer, and you can add to pointers, to "walk" through data. The pointer will know the size of the thing it's pointing to, so it will be sized right for the job.