how do I do this??

[aspand]

hi,
Lets say I have format: FN MI LN
Now..how do I initialize the space after MI to '\0' in a loop for varying lengths of FN MI LN..
Btw..FN is First name..MI is middle initial..& LN is Last Name..
Please Help.
A

[Unregistered]

I don't understand. Could you try again?

[sean345]

You could loop through the string and keep a int that gives you the position. If that position String[Pos] is a space then set it equal to a '\0'.

while(Pos<strlen(String){
if(String[Pos]=='\0';){
     String[Pos] = '\0';
}
Pos++;
}

- Sean

[Hammer]

Originally posted by aspand
hi,
Lets say I have format: FN MI LN
Now..how do I initialize the space after MI to '\0' in a loop for varying lengths of FN MI LN..
Btw..FN is First name..MI is middle initial..& LN is Last Name..
Please Help.
A

I presume you mean something like this:

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

int main(void)
{
	char name[] = "Eric T Cartman";
	char *ptr;
	
	printf ("Name is currently: %s\n", name);
	
	if ((ptr = strrchr(name, ' ')) != NULL)
		*ptr = '\0';		
		
	printf ("Name is now: %s\n", name);
	return (0);
}
/* Program output:
Name is currently: Eric T Cartman
Name is now: Eric T
*/