Thread: string question

Hi all programmers , i was wondering if i read a string and then i was trying to print the first letter of that string what am i supposed to do ?

puts(string[0]); should work.

well i tried that lol , it doesnt

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>
main()
{
char string[20];
gets(string);
puts(string[0]);
getch();
}

Apart from using gets, what "doesn't work" about that?

try it on a compiler, it gives me an error at the line puts(string[0]);
invalid conversion from a char to const char !!! i dont have a clue about the problem.

Originally Posted by everyone0

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>
main()
{
char string[20];
gets(string);
puts(string[0]);
getch();
}

Well, you could try putc(string[0]); printf(" First letter is... %c",string[0]); or others...

The point is that strings in C are arrays of characters. The first character is array[0] the last one is always sizeof(array)-1. The only thing that separates them from arrays of bytes is the trialing 0 at the end of each. There are a number of library functions that treat arrays of characters as strings of text so you use them...

Use the normal print routines:

Code:

printf("%c\n", string[0]);

and for that matter use the normal input routines:

Code:

fgets(string, 20, stdin);

EDIT: Also, reading the error message as it is actually written will help: conversion to const char * is a lot different than conversion to const char.

mm sorry about that

Originally Posted by everyone0

mm sorry about that

No need to apologize... the very best learning experience you can have is learning how to fix your mistakes...