Thread: Help me with a space-deleting program

It might be easier if you take the "ch2" assignment on line 33 out of the "if()". Having it there is perfectly okay, but it might make it easier for you to break it up:

- read character and store in "ch2"
- then use the "if()" statement to check for multiple possible values (like you did on line 29)

After reading one character from the source you have three different cases:

• The character is ' ' or '\n': Add the character to a temporary buffer
• The character is ',' or '.': Add the character to the destination and clear the buffer.
• Any other character: Add the buffer to the destination, add the character and clear the buffer.

I can't think of a solution without a temporary buffer which handles cases like

Code:

foo   \n   \n   bar    ->  foo   \n   \n   bar (no changes)
foo   \n   \n   ,bar   ->  foo,bar

i.e. where you have mixed spaces and newlines before any other character.

Bye, Andreas