Thread: array of strings problem

i am trying to place the read line to array of strings. but it only gets the first word.
example:
this is a line seperated by whitespaces

therefore:
argString[0] = this
argString[1] = is
..
...

Code:

char argString[20][200];

Code:

        for (y; y<strlen(pReadLine); y++)
        {
                argString[x][y]=pReadLine[y];
                if (isspace(pReadLine[y]))
                {
                        argString[x][y]='\0';
                        printf ("ArgString: %s\n", argString[x]);
                        x++;
                }
        }

You're never resetting y. So when it gets to the second word you're writing the first letter to argString[1][strlen(argString[0]) + 1] instead of argString[1][0].

Also, you're going to have to consider what to do with the last word since it won't have a space after it.

Originally Posted by itsme86

You're never resetting y. So when it gets to the second word you're writing the first letter to argString[1][strlen(argString[0]) + 1] instead of argString[1][0].

resetting y would cause an infinite loop therefore it will be writing the same word in argstring[x]

y=strlen(pReadLine); // therefore resetting it will cause the loop to be infinte

Well then you're going to have to add another index variable I guess, huh?

Don't make the mistake of thinking that I don't know what resetting y would do.