Thread: How do you reference a lccation in an array

i want to create an array of fill characters so I do this:

Code:

for (z=0; z<l_length; z=z+1) //639
	{

			for(i=0;i<addr2;i++) bufferarray[i]=fill;
			bufferarray[addr2]=0;
			{
				printf("%s", bufferarray ); 
			} //end for

	} //end for

Now that I have my array, I want to go back and reference location bufferarray[14] and place data into this spot and then after the data is finished, fill the rest of the array with the same fill character.

xxxxxxxxxxxxsomedataxxxxxxxxxxxxx

where x is the fill character and somedata represents...some data. i want to be able to take in the next set of data, which contains another location in the array where data needs to be written to and have that data entered in the same manner.

Right now, all I seem able to do is enter the new data into another array of size l_length so instead of one great big array I get 100's of arrays.

Do you have an example of what "somedata" is?

some data is a list which indicates where in the array the data needs to go. so something like:
4 123
22 789
7 456
16 123
10 789
19 456

so my output in the array should be

xxx123456789xxx123456789

So the first number is the position in the array, and the 2nd is the number you want to insert into your "xxx" filled buffer?

yes...exactly

first I should have an array of all x's then filled with the inputs

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxx123456789xxx123456789

> first I should have an array of all x's then filled with the inputs
Yes, sounds like a good idea to me

Taking your first line
> 4 123
convert the 4 to an integer (say pos)
copy the 123 to a temp string (say temp)

Then do
strncpy( &buff[pos], temp, strlen(temp) );

what is temp in your strncpy code? is it a temporary array that I have to create? if so, why can't i put it back into the original array that i created of all x's named bufferarray?

temp is a char array which holds the "123" between being read from your file, and being written to bufferarray

I think i did what you recommended me to do, but I can't seem to get the rest of the bufferarray to fill with x's. it stops outputting after the final set of characters.

Post what you have so far then

and one more thing, how do I declare temp if the length of it varies from one input string to another. so suppose

instead of

4 123
22 789
7 456
16 123
10 789
19 456

I really had

4 1234
22 789
8 56
16 1234
10 789
20 56

xxx123456789xxx123456789xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Code:

	for (i=9, m=0; i<(9+a+a); i=i+1, m++)
				{
				//	printf("%c", input[i]);
					temp[m]=input[i];
					printf("%c", temp[m]);
				} //end for 
					printf("\n");

			strncpy(&bufferarray[b], temp, (strlen(temp)-1));
			printf("%s\n", bufferarray);

where i is the index of the input string and m is the index of the temp string. also, the two printfs thrown in there where to check to see if the data copied correctly.

since some of the inputs are shorter than the rest, the temp string gets copied correctly, but when it is printed, garbage is attached to the end of the string to make it the same length as the first input.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define BSIZE   100

void add_to_buff ( char *buff, char *line ) {
    int     pos;
    char    temp[100];
    sscanf( line, "%d %s", &pos, temp );
    strncpy( &buff[pos], temp, strlen(temp) );
}

int main ( ) {
    // this is what lines look like when you use fgets to read
    // them from a file
    char    *tests[] = {
"4 1234\n",
"22 789\n",
"8 56\n",
"16 1234\n",
"10 789\n",
"20 56\n",
    };
    char    bufferarray[BSIZE];
    int     i;

    for ( i = 0 ; i < BSIZE ; i++ ) bufferarray[i] = 'x';
    bufferarray[BSIZE-1] = '\0';

    add_to_buff( bufferarray, tests[0] );
    add_to_buff( bufferarray, tests[1] );
    add_to_buff( bufferarray, tests[2] );
    add_to_buff( bufferarray, tests[3] );
    add_to_buff( bufferarray, tests[4] );
    printf( "%s\n", bufferarray );
    return 0;
}