Function for removing character from a word

Is there any function in C to remove a character from a word ?

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Originally Posted by TheDeveloper

Is there any function in C to remove a character from a word ?

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Use strtok().

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Originally Posted by BEN10

Use strtok().

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Thanks a lot for your reply but my case is different here

I will have " and " in the start and end of the string.

for example :
Input : "Word"
Output : Word

I need to remove these " and " and extract the word alone.

Is there any particular function for it ?

Use strtok(), it's not a bad idea!...Take a look at the manual.

I'd use a while loop with strchr().

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char string[] = { "I like  this  string" };  //note the double spaces around the word this
char *ptr, ch = '"'; //a double quote surrounded by single quotation marks
int where, i, j;

string[7] = '"';  //now we add the double quotation marks
string[12] = '"';

while (ptr = strchr(string, ch) ) {
  //print where it is
  where = ptr - string;
  printf("\n Double quotation marks were found at %d", where);
 
  //slide all the chars after the location of where, to the left by one char 
  for(i = where, j = strlen(string); i < j; i++)
      string[i] = string[i + 1];
}

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I haven't run the above code, but it should be close if not perfect. You'll want to include string.h, of course.

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Originally Posted by flexo87

Use strtok(), it's not a bad idea!...Take a look at the manual.

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Yes it works, thanks a lot.

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Originally Posted by Adak

I'd use a while loop with strchr().

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char string[] = { "I like this string" }; //note the double spaces around the word this
char *ptr, ch = '"'; //a double quote surrounded by single quotation marks
int where, i, j;

string[7] = '"'; //now we add the double quotation marks
string[12] = '"';

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That's a crazy ass way to do it.

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char string[] = "I like \"this\" string";

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Quzah.