Thread: scrolling text problem

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    scrolling text problem

    welll i am wondering how i should determine the lenght of the charecter the user inputs... here is waht i have uup to date lol... this problem is hard....

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    char GetArray()
    {
    	char text;
    
    	cout<<"Enter the string to scroll now:";
    	cin.getline ( text, TEXTLEN );//hmmm this is where i have to make it a variable :D
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    int main()
    {
    	GetArray();
    
    	return (0);
    }

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    >>welll i am wondering how i should determine the lenght of the charecter the user inputs...<<

    it depends on what you want to enter

    name: 30
    sex: 1
    month: 10
    paragraph: 80 or more
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    nono what i want to is here ill show you

    Code:
                    const int MAXLENGHT=50;
    	char word[MAXLENGHT];
    	
    	cout<<"Enter the suspected palindrome: ";
    	cin.getline(word,MAXLENGHT);
    
    	return (0);
    so lets say they enter 2002
    well then how would i know that word is only filled until [3]? thats what i want to know how to do!

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    >char text;
    Be sure to change this to a char * or char array before you try to read a stream of characters into it.

    >how would i know that word is only filled until [3]?
    Actually, it's filled to [4] when you take into account the null terminator. But to get the length of the actual input, there's a C string function called strlen that should be what you want.

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