Thread: hel plz im lost on pointers

Part 1
In your main() function, ask the user to enter their full name. Ensure that you can successfully store their name, with the space and without having a ‘\n’ character in the array.

Part 2
Pass a pointer of your character array into a function that outputs the number of characters stored in your character array.

Part 3
Pass a pointer of your character array into a function this displays the reverse.

Part 4
Again, passing a pointer to your array, inform the user which character is the space in your name.

Part 5
Within your main function, after you’ve called the other functions, reverse your name

Ok, so, sit down and work this one on paper...

Think about what do you have to do for each step separately.
Start by tetting the guy's name into a character array.
Test that it's being correctly stored.

Move on to the next step...

Don't get confuzzled by all this "pointer" talk.

The name of the array, is ALMOST a constant pointer to the first element of the array, and that is how arrays are commonly passed to functions:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void printIt(char *myname);

int main(void) {
  char myname[] = "Rick";
  printIt(myname); //"myname is the "pointer"
  //other stuff here

  return 0;
}
void printIt(char *myname) {
  printf("\nMy name is: %s\n", *myname);
}

So, what have you been studying for user input of a string, which includes a space, and does not include a newline char?