wow no error....except this

[caroundw5h]

So code compiles fine, but it doesn't print anything, what am i doing wrong. I haven't delved into strings yet.

Thank you

/* backWORDS.c prints a user inputed string backwards */

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


int main(void)

{
   int count;
   char word[BUFSIZ];

   /* caputure word */

   printf("Enter a word\n");
   gets(word);

   /* print word backwards */

   for (count = '\0' /*strlen(word) -1*/ ; count >= word[0]; count--){
      printf("%c", word[count]);

      }




  getchar();
  return (0);

}

[WaltP]

try:

for (count = strlen(word) -1 ; count >= 0; count--)

[Salem]

> gets(word);
*cough*FAQ

[Greenman]

for (count = '\0' /*strlen(word) -1*/ ; count >= word[0]; count--)

Why are you initializing the variable "count" to the NULL character? In ASCII that's 0.. and if you count backwards with your "count--" your test string "count >= word[0]" will never logically be true.. so your for loop doesn't do anything.

I'm no expert on this but I believe that's your problem.

[caroundw5h]

Thank you for your reply. A more indepth study of Strings would help out and to remeber that in C everything is pretty much an integer value.

I assumed the value of '\0' would mean the end of the string, and that I could count from there backwards. Obviously that is not the case. That is why i had strlen as well. Thank you for you help.


salem: I'm getting to fgets, soon.