Thread: Read string

You would pass this code the char* you created in your other function. See if you can figure out how it works, it is pretty basic.

Code:

void getLine(char** message) {

	int ch, len = 0;

	while((ch = getchar()) != '\n') { //check for end of line
		*message = realloc(*message, len+1); //increase inputString by 1 char
		if(*message == NULL) {
			puts("Error allocating memory");
			exit(1);
		}
		(*message)[len++] = ch;
	}
	(*message)[len] = '\0'; //add end token
}

Well yes you can, however the code Salem referred you to does the job a lot nicer I might say. So without further adue here is Salem's code slightly modified:

Code:

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

char* getLine(int);

int main(void) {
	
	char* myInput;

	printf("Enter a line of text:");
	myInput = getLine(0);
	printf("%s\n", myInput);

	return 0;
}
char* getLine(int size)
{
    char *s;
    int myChar;

    myChar= getchar();
    if( myChar == '\n' )
    {
        s = malloc( size + 1 );
		s[size] = '\0';
	}
    else
    {
        s = getLine( size + 1 );
        s[size] = myChar;
    }
	
	return s;
}

Real nice Salem. I like it.

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