Thread: Creating a long, specific, c string

I think you mean something like this:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
#define SIZE 1100
 
#define B10   "          "
#define B50   B10 B10 B10 B10 B10
#define B100  B50 B50
#define B500  B100 B100 B100 B100 B100
#define B1000 B500 B500
 
int main() {
    // "x" + 1098 blanks + "y"
    char s[SIZE+1] = "x" B1000 B50 B10 B10 B10 B10 "        y";
 
    printf("%zu\n", strlen(s));
 
    return 0;
}

But I don't see why you can't do something like this (even though it's runtime) :

Code:

    char s[SIZE + 1] = {0};
    memset(s, ' ', SIZE);
    s[0] = 'x';
    s[SIZE - 1] = 'y';

Originally Posted by john.c

I think you mean something like this:
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Not super elegant, but it works well enough. Thanks!