Hi,
I have a variable defined as follows:
char l_string[20]="";
l_string is populated with values which may or may not have an asterix as the last character i.e.
abcd
efghi*
jklmnop
aaaaa*aaaaaa*
If the variable is populated with a string which has an asterix as the last character I would like to remove the asterix.
What is the best approach for doing this?
Thanks,
Manny
By assigning the value of 0 to the last character in the array, thus replacing the last character with the string terminator.
I might be wrong.
Quoted more than 1000 times (I hope).Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
s[ strlen(s) ]
indexes the \0 character.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
Can you give more details in your answers please as I do not understand them.
What's to work out - you go to the end of the string, back one char and see if it's a * or not.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
You go to the end of the string, st[strlen(st)] as Salem pointed out, then you back one up, and if it's an asterisk you chance it to an \0. Quite simple.Originally Posted by manny
