Translation

[GaPe]

Ok, here's my question:

I have an array of char

char *Menu[] = {"File", "   ", "View"};

My translation function will return a pointer to a char.
Use of mine translating function will be something like that:

printf ("%s", Translate(1)); // 1 is not important in this case

Now If I want to translate the menu options how do I do that in this case, when I have an array of char?

[Magos]

Menu[0] contains "File"
Menu[1] contains " "
Menu[2] contains "View"

...if I understood your question correctly

[GaPe]

My question is how to translate the "File" in the array of char. I can't write this:

char *Menu[] = {"%s", "   ", "View"}, Translate(1);

So how to translate it?

[Magos]

What do you mean by translate? Translate to what? I suppose you don't mean translate into another language .

[GaPe]

Yes translate into another question.

[Magos]

char* Translate(int Nr)
{
  return &Menu[Nr];
}

This code returns a pointer to the "option-string", "File" if you enter 0, " " if you enter 1 and so on...
Haven't tried it, but it should work!

[GaPe]

Hmm... forget about translating. I totally messed up my question.
Ok, I have this:

const char FILE[] = "File1";

char *Menu[] = {"File", "   ", "View"};

I tried this:

char *Menu[] = {"%s", "   ", "View"}, FILE;

But it is not working.

Now, how do I replace "File" with constant FILE?

[quzah]

> char *Menu[] = {"%s", " ", "View"}, FILE;
>
> Now, how do I replace "File" with constant FILE?

'FILE' is not a constant. 'FILE' here is a single char called 'FILE'.
You need to explain your question better. No one can figure out
what the heck you're trying to do.

If you do what you're doing above with 'Menu', and you assign
values like this, you can't simply replace them:

char *Menu[] = { "Want", "to", "see", "a", "memory", "leak?" };

Menu[3] = "Oops!";

Quzah.

[Magos]

Originally posted by quzah
char *Menu[] = { "Want", "to", "see", "a", "memory", "leak?" };

Menu[3] = "Oops!";

Haha, that's a good one LOL

[GaPe]

Look if I have an array of char there must be some way to change those strings in it. I'm aksing you guys how to change the string in an array of char.

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I found a bug in my program. When I have a windowed program then the font is ok, but when I resize my program to full screen than I have a messed font.
Example:
- windowed program -> "šèž" // my alphabet (Slovenian language)
- fullscreen program -> "£ß¤" // that is wrong

And new question is how to write unicode characters for my program?

[Prelude]

>I'm aksing you guys how to change the string in an array of char.
Use either a multidimensional array, or allocate memory for an array of char pointers and use the string manipulating functions.

>char *Menu[] = {"File", " ", "View"};
The array notation here doesn't mean that you can modify the strings, it's the same as:
char *Menu1 = "File";
char *Menu2 = " ";
char *Menu3 = "View";

Which we all know cannot be modified without bad things happening. Something more like this would work however:
char *Menu[3];
Menu[0] = malloc ( sizeof "File" ); /* Don't forget to test malloc */
strcpy ( Menu[0], "File" );
etc...

-Prelude