Reverse a string (without using any string functions?)

Hi :)

Slowly learning C and currently making a program that takes a string (sentence) and does these following steps:

1)Print total of characters
2)Print total of e's
3)Reverse the words
4)Reverse the words and letters

Steps 1 and 2 are done; having a little halt with 3 and 4.

Let's take "Hello everyone" as the string.


CODE:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
    int i, totalCharacter, totalE;
    char txt[301];
 
  // Ask user to enter his/her sentence
  printf("Type your sentence: ");
  gets(txt);
   
  // 1) Total characters in the sentence (spaces included)
  for(totalCharacter = 0; totalCharacter < txt[totalCharacter]; totalCharacter++);
      printf("Your sentence has %i characteres (including any spaces).\n\n", totalCharacter);
     
  // 2) Total e's in the sentence
  totalE = 0;
  for(i = 0; i < totalCharacter; i++){
  if(txt[i] == 'e')
  totalE++;}
  printf("There are %i 'e' in your sentence.\n\n", totalE);
 
  // 3) Sentence with words reversed (INCOMPLETED!)
  for(i = 0; i < totalCharacter; i++)
 
 
 
  // 4) Sentence with letters AND words reversed (INCOMPLETED!)
  for(i = 0; i < totalCharacter; i++)

 
  system("PAUSE");       
  return 0;
}

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So, step 1 gives: 14 characters
#2: 4 e's
#3: everyone hello
#4: enoyreve olleh

My question is: can I print out steps 3 and 4 without using any string functions? I'd like to use printf and 'for' loop only, if possible. :)

e.g. Something like this algorithm (:

1) Set up a counter to find the string length.
2) Find the last character and print it.
3) Decrement the counter and print the next successive characters.

Thanks in advance.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by geetard

My question is: can I print out steps 3 and 4 without using any string functions? I'd like to use printf and 'for' loop only, if possible. :)

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Don't use gets -- visit the FAQ for that.

Traverse the string to find the terminating null, then print back to front: one loop to advance to the end, another to print backwards.

Code:

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// 1) Total characters in the sentence (spaces included)
  for(totalCharacter = 0; totalCharacter < txt[totalCharacter]; totalCharacter++);
      printf("Your sentence has %i characteres (including any spaces).\n\n", totalCharacter);

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Your comparison is incorrect. You should be checking to see that txt[ totalCharacter ] is not '\0', not doing a less than test. Also, since you have a ; at the end of your for loop, you shouldn't be indenting printf, as it is not part of the loop.

This type of string reversal is asked all the time. Search the forum for more.


Quzah.