#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
void main()
{
int i=0;
char str[40];
printf("Program to know the string size\n");
printf("Enter a string with more than 2 words: ");
scanf("%s", str);
while(str[i]!='\0')
{
i++;
}
printf("result of while loop %d\n",i);
printf("result of strlen is %d\n", strlen(str));
printf("getting wrong output\n");
}
it counts size of only one word. but i need size of entire string. please help.
Use fgets to read in the string.
Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart WayOriginally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
It's nice to see that the forum upgrade still lets people post without code tags.
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
And post twice in a row, too...
Nice! I swear that second one wasn't there when I refreshed this the first time. Oh well.
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
Yeah, I see in the general section, this seems to be a bug in the forum code...
Nasty.
Max, this is simple - just change your starting point in the char array. Work from the very end of the array, and decrement your index, until you find the end of string char. Using fgets() as suggested by Laserlight, may make it easy for you.
Let's say the sizeof(array) is 100. Your index search starts at 99, (the array index will go from 0 to 99), and decrements down to 75 before it finds the end of string char.
So the last word ends at array[75], making it 76 char's long. (0 through 75 is 76). Draw it out on paper, and it will make sense.
Last edited by Adak; 04-10-2011 at 06:21 PM.
Best way is probably to use fgets(String,BuffSize,stdin); and strlen()...
But if you want to roll your own strlen function it's pretty easy...
Code:int MyStrlen(char* Str) { char* p = Str; // string pointer while(*p++); return --p - Str; }
Last edited by CommonTater; 04-10-2011 at 07:14 PM. Reason: Pinky failed to engage shift key appropriately...
Darn! I deleted one of the dupe posts. I was wondering if it would delete them both (if it actually counted them as 2 posts, or just one).
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
fgets worked thanks
