Thread: processing a string troubles

Needing a little advice: I have a program here and I can't figure out how to use a pointer to process a string of characters. I need to add a function assert() inside read_in() to test if MAXLINE characters are exceeded when a sting is put it, but I'm not sure how to return what I get to read_in or if I need to really, and how to access the elements of the string entered. Here is the code:

Code:

include <stdio.h>

#define  MAXLINE  100
void     read_in(char*);

int main(void)
{
      char   line(MAXLINE),  

      printf("\nWhat is your favorite line? ");
      read_in(line);
       
      return 0;
}


void read_in(char s[])
{
      int     c, i = 0;

      while ((c = gethcar()) != EOF && c != '\n')
            s[i++] = c;
      s[i] = '\0';
{

I've tried some things and can't get them to work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

> char line(MAXLINE),
Well this won't even compile.

Try
char line[MAXLINE];

As for an assert, using assert() to check any kind of user input is a bad idea.
1. assert in debug mode kills the program
2. assert in release mode does nothing.
Neither are desirable for checking user input.

Would this be close or am I way off?

Code:

void read_in(char s[])
{
      int     c, i = 0;

      while ((c = gethcar()) != EOF && c != '\n')
            s[i++] = c;
      s[i] = '\0';
      assert( s);
{


char* assert(char*s)
{
      char *pi, *tail;
   
      tail = s + strlen(s) - 1
      for(pi = s; pi < tail; ++pi)
          ++cnt;
      if(cnt > MAXSTRING)
           printf("out of bounds of memory.");
      else
           // i don't know what to do here//
}

that is what someone else told me also.

Thanks Salem