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    Function for removing character from a word

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheDeveloper View Post
    Is there any function in C to remove a character from a word ?
    Use strtok().
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    Quote Originally Posted by BEN10 View Post
    Use strtok().
    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 ?

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

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

    Code:
    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];
    }
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by flexo87 View Post
    Use strtok(), it's not a bad idea!...Take a look at the manual.
    Yes it works, thanks a lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    I'd use a while loop with strchr().

    [code]
    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] = '"';
    That's a crazy ass way to do it.
    Code:
    char string[] = "I like \"this\" string";
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