Thread: Quite a stuffed bit of code actually.

Ok im making a program to help build my IRC client.
The program is designed to break up a sentence, copy them to other variables, then let me print out the variables in a fashion i choose.

I have a few problems though. Im storing the original sentence in an array, then copying them to other arrays, but i cant set up the code so that when they user has finished entering what they want (for example, hitting the enter key) it stops scanning in characters.

Can you please take a look at this code and see how you can imporve it.

I will add some documentation so it makes a bit more sense.

Thanks to anyone who bothers.

#include <iostream.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>

void main()
{
int asciinum, *pointer;
char spacechar;
int index;
char NULLchar, ch;
int asciinum2, *pointer2;

//Pointers that point at the ' ' char, so i can actually parse the line //
asciinum = 32;
pointer = &asciinum;
spacechar = *pointer;

char userentry[75];

userinputscreen:

printf ("Enter information in the following syntax...\n\n");
printf ("![Name] [Ident@Hostname] [Command] [Parameter]#\n");
printf ("[Name] = Less than 8 Characters\n");
printf ("[Ident@Hostname] = Less than 30 Characters\n");
printf ("[Command] = Less than 12 Characters\n");
printf ("[Parameter] = Less than 20 Characters\n");
printf ("End the statement with a #");
printf (":");

//This part of the code lacks something to stop it, because i couldnt set up pointers to do it. //
for (index = 0; index < 75; index++){
if (index > 74){
system("CLS");
printf ("You have exceeded the maximum ammount of Characters..\n");
printf ("Please re-enter your details\n\n");
main();
}
scanf ("%c",&userentry[index]);

}



printf ("\n\n");

printf ("\n\n");

index = 0;
if (userentry[index] != '!') {
system("CLS");
printf ("Inappropriate Syntax. ! must be before the nickname.");
main();
}

char username[9];

for (index = 0; index <8; index++){
if (userentry[index] = spacechar){
printf ("Space Character Found, Terminating Loop...");
}
userentry[index] = username[index];
}

//Prints out the user name, it currently prints out nothing or some general ascii crap//
printf("\n\n...:::");

for (index = 1; index < 7; index++){
printf ("%c", username[index]);
}

printf(":::...");

printf ("\n\n");
system("PAUSE");
return 0;
}

void main()

change this to
int main(void)
or prepared to be flamed .
As I read somewhere that when someone voids a main() he inspires a thousand flames.

I fixed the code, but the problem is copying from one array to another, as in userentry[index] = username[index];

but it wont work, so i need some suggestions on copying from one array to another array.

Any Ideas?