Help with char array

[BIOS]

How can i put '\t' into a char array and have it not produce a tab when I pass it to putchar?

I've tried:

char tab[2] = {"\t"};

then:

putchar(tab[0]);
putchar(tab[1]);

but it still produces a tab instead of literally printing '\t'

:?

Im basically looking to replace all tabs in the text input with '\t'

[tabstop]

Do you want the literal two characters \ and t? Then you'll need to make the first character \ (using \\). You also can't fit that into the char array you've defined (on the assumption you want to actually be able to use it), since you need another character for the \0 null terminator.

[BIOS]

Gotcha! I did this and it worked fine:

char tab[3] = {"\\t"};
putchar(tab[0]);
putchar(tab[1]);
putchar(tab[2]);

So im guessing this is how you get around all the text formatting keywords when you are looking to use in this type of context? Is there any other way of making a string literal?

[CommonTater]

How can i put '\t' into a char array and have it not produce a tab when I pass it to putchar?

I've tried:

char tab[2] = {"\t"};

then:

putchar(tab[0]);
putchar(tab[1]);

but it still produces a tab instead of literally printing '\t'

:?

Im basically looking to replace all tabs in the text input with '\t'

Considering that \t is the ascii tab character (0x08) that's a distinction without a difference.
If you want it to literally print \t then use \\t.

[tabstop]

I don't think I know what context this is supposed to be in. If you need a literal backslash character, you use two backslashes. If you don't like doing a bunch of putchar, there's always printf.

[BIOS]

No worries. Thanks guys! It kind of reminds me of rendering Latex documents with the roundabout ways of getting certain characters to render. Although in this case, it's thankfully quite simple and easy to remember!