Help with isprint function
Hello-
I haven't been able to find a good example to help with this:
How would I apply the isprint function to this so that it prints a space character for every non-printable ASCII character? Thank you so much in advance!!!
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdio.h>
Code:void ascii (void) { int counter; char binarystring[9]; for (counter = 0; counter< 128; counter++) { printf( " %4c %12i %10X %8o %s\n", counter, counter, counter, counter, charAsBinary(counter, binarystring)); } }
What exactly are you stuck on?Code:if( !isprint( c ) ) ...output a space...
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
Hello-
Well, what I'm trying to do is print out a formatted ASCII character table. I need it to print a space when a nonprintable character comes up. From the examples I've seen, the isprint would be within the printf function. I was thinking something like....
Thanks for the response.Code:printf( (isprint ( '%4c') ? " %4c: " ") %12i %10X %8o %s\n", counter, counter, counter
You pass one character to the function, not a whole bunch of crap.
Code:printf( " %4c %12i %10X %8o %s\n", isprint( c ) ? whateveryouaretryingtopring : ' ', ...the rest of your arguments... );
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
What am I not understanding here?
I'm assuming that c is a varible -in my case 'counter'
I get nada save for 3 zeros, (null) and *crash*Code:void ascii (void) { int counter; char binarystring[9]; for (counter = 0; counter< 128; counter++) { printf(" %4c %12i %10X %8o %s\n", isprint( counter ) ? counter : ' ', counter, counter, counter, counter, charAsBinary(counter, binarystring)); } }
Thanks again
That's your function crashing then. Remove the portion that calls your 'charAsBinary', see if it runs. If it does, go fix your function. You need to learn how to form a bit of logic and troubleshooting, or programming isn't going to work out too well for you.
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
I haven't been at this too long - especially not long enough to extract any meaning from the errors I'm getting.
The function was working fine before I inserted the isprint in there...
I'm not saying you should automatically know everything. I'm saying you need to look at your output and be able to try and find out what's wrong. Look at this line:
Now, you said you got:Code:printf("a b c d e", a b c d e )
Therefore, it's not hard to figure out that e is what's crashing your program, since the rest are turning out fine, and since e is a function call, where the rest are simple values.Code:a b c d (crash)
Furthermore, all you're giving us to work with is a single line of code. That's not a whole lot to go on. Either learn to How to ask questions the smart way, or you'll need to be able to troubleshoot your own code. Truth be told, you really need to learn both.
It's not a slight on you, it's just the truth. You'll need to learn to troubleshoot your own code. You have figure out what your code is doing. There's no way around it. Also, if you're asking for help, you need to learn to ask in a way that people both want to help you, but have enough information so they can help you if they so choose.
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
