Thread: strlen help please

I know the my code source is wrong and wont compile but I don't know how I get the value from strlen(fulln) to the int nc;

Code:

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

int main()
{   char  fn[31],ln[31],fulln[62];
    int   nc;

    printf("What is your first name: ");
    scanf("%s", fn);
    printf("What is your last name: ");
    scanf("%s", ln);
    strcpy(fulln, fn);
    strcat(fulln, " ");
    strcat(fulln, ln);
    strlen(fulln) = nc; // LOL this is what im guessing 
    printf("%d characters contain in you full name", nc);
    fflush(stdin);
    getchar();
  	
  return 0;
}

Give that the flop-a-doo. nc = strlen(fulln);

Thanks it worked.
but I don't understand why it wouldn't read the way I wrote it.
its pretty much the same thing
2+3=5
3+2=5

Those are mathematical expressions. In programming an assignment operator works by setting x to y when x = y. It is not commutative. Which if you think about it makes sense. Wouldn't every line of code be utterly ambiguous if it were?

Yeah now it does. Thanks I love this site you get help so fast.

You are welcome bro.