Thread: How to initilasize a string variable?

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    Unhappy How to initilasize a string variable?

    Can anyone tell me?

    Thanks & Bst Rgds

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    What do u mean?

    Do u mean:

    string[] = "hello";

    or

    string[ 6 ] = "hello";

    or

    *sPtr = "hello";

    ?

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    Smile

    Sorry, I think I don't list my opinion clearly.

    Here is my program's situation, I need use the string variable repeatly in a loop like this:

    declare block :
    char linebuf[20];
    char *c;
    .
    .
    program block :
    c = linebuf;

    while(..)
    {
    while(...)
    {
    c = &linebuf[0];
    .
    *c = *p;/*p: another pointer to an input string*/
    p++;
    c++;
    .
    .
    }
    strcpy(another string, linebuf);
    }

    fputs(another string,outfile);


    if the infile's format like : 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
    'bbbbbb '
    'c '
    .

    I found the result of the outfile is not which my needed. It'd like
    this format :
    'aaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
    'bbbbbbaaaaaaaa'
    'cbbbbbaaaaaaaa'
    .

    So I want to put the linebuf to null or space after each loop, what method can I use?

    Best Rgds.

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    The empty string is obtained by doing this

    buff[0] = '\0';

    Which is fine if you just use the likes of strcpy and strcat

    If you do your own char manipulations in the buffer, you might want to empty the whole buffer, like so

    memset ( buff, 0, sizeof(buff) );

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    Hi,Salem

    Thank you very much.

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