I have what I think is a simple question.
I have an array as follows:
char array[5][100] = {
"string 1",
"string 2",
"string 3",
"string 4",
"string 5"
};
then I attempt to traverse the array to find a matching string as follows:
int x;
for(x = 0; x < sizeof(array); x++){
if(strncmp(my_buffer, array[x], strlen(array[x])
/* do some stuff */
Do I have this correct, will this work, is the "sizeof" the array what I'm looking for here?
Any info is greatly appreciated.
Thanks All!!
>Do I have this correct, will this work, is the "sizeof" the array what I'm looking for here?
I think you want the number of elements, not the entire array size.Code:for ( x = 0; x < sizeof(array)/sizeof(*array); x++ ) { if ( strncmp(my_buffer, array[x], strlen(array[x]) ) == 0 ) { /* ... */ } }
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>>traverse the array to find a matching string
Using this code:
>>if ( strncmp(my_buffer, array[x], strlen(array[x]) ) == 0 )
won't get you a matching string. For example, if my_buffer contained "string 21", you'd get a match on "string 2", which I guess would be wrong (or not, depending on your design requirements).
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I guess the way around that would be:Originally Posted by Hammer
BTW - I've decided to trash this method, and instead use a listCode:if(strncmp(my_buffer, array[x], strlen(my_buffer)) == 0)
