Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char name[]=""; int length=0, i=0; printf("Input your name: "); scanf("%c", name); length= strlen(name); printf("Your name is: "); while (i < length) { printf("%c", name[i]); i++; } printf("\n\n"); system("pause"); return EXIT_SUCCESS; }
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scanf(%c", &name) will only give you a single character.
char name[80];
gets(name);
printf("The name was %s", name);
or scanf("%s", name);
Last edited by ronin; 06-30-2002 at 09:49 PM.
I haven't used a compiler in ages, so please be gentle as I try to reacclimate myself. :P
I know about the strings. I was trying to make the loop for.
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Apparently not!"I know about the strings..."
char name[]="";
The compiler is obligated to allocate precisely ONE character for this string! And that is for the null-terminator!! So pay attention:
char name[] = "Joe"; //...compiler allocates 4 bytes - No More!
char name[100]; //...excellent...100 bytes alloc'd
change that one line of code and your for() loop will work.
P.S.: If you want to see for yourself, just print the value of strlen...
Please, never recommend the use of gets(), it's a function that should've been got rid of a long time ago....Originally posted by ronin
scanf(%c", &name) will only give you a single character.
char name[80];
gets(name);
printf("The name was %s", name);
or scanf("%s", name);
When all else fails, read the instructions.
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A stack smasher who doesnt like gets)
Originally posted by pinko_liberal
A stack smasher who doesnt like getsWell, you use it, and I'll abuse it
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Shouldn't you be including <string.h>, not simply <string>?
EXIT_SUCCESS defined???
>EXIT_SUCCESS defined???
Along with EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS is defined in stdlib.h.
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Hey, you better watch it. You don't want to be too helpful. Someone might get angry for you enlighten--er--bad mouthing them...Originally posted by Prelude
>EXIT_SUCCESS defined???
Along with EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS is defined in stdlib.h.
-Prelude
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what's the problem with gets()??
>what's the problem with gets()??char name[80];
gets(name);
printf("The name was %s", name);
or scanf("%s", name);
Absolutely nothing, unless the user entered a string longer than 79 characters. That's because you have allocated only 80 bytes for the variable 'name', and gets() would read from the stdin and copy the buffer to this variable. If the length of the copy exceeded the limit allocated to this variable, there would be a risk of writing the data to some other memory location, which might be used by some other application/function, probably corrupting the data there and crashing the program using it. Or, your own program might terminate with an error due to to access of memory not allocated to/by your program. So, it's always safer to use fgets(), with the FILE * argument of it set to stdin, where you can limit the number of characters to be read to some limit of your choice.
Hey guys, I took your advice but my program still doesn't work. I have it, along with the .exe file in a zip. So here it is to download..........
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>Hey guys, I took your advice but my program still doesn't work. I have it, along with the .exe file in a zip. So here it is to download..........
How about pasting the code here instead of attaching it as an attachment. I'm sure there are many more like me who cannot download it for various number of reasons. And about the .exe, it's not at all safe to download anything like that on the internet, so I doubt if anybody would really download your attachment.
