howdy,
when using the strcat function is it possible to place a space or defined character between the strings being joined
for example place an asterisk between the first and last names.Code:#include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { char* fn; char* ln; cout<<"First Name?: "; cin>>fn; cout<<"Last Name?: "; cin>>ln; cout<<"Name: "<< (strcat(fn, ln))<<endl; return 0; }
btw - this code works but gets a run time error "aborted"on g++, no idea why??
thanks
M.R.
>btw - this code works but gets a run time error "aborted"on g++, no idea why??
you allocate no storage space of any kind for the data!
>when using the strcat function is it possible to place a space or defined character between the strings being joined
not really without two calls,
use sprintf()
int sprintf( char *buffer, const char *format [, argument] ... )
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char fn[20];
char ln[30];
or use the 'new' operator to allocate space for your data.
you could utilize the arrays and find out how long your string is and write a space over the null character and a null character in the array char. Then do your strcat()...
or do two calls as no_one mentioned
strcat(fn, ' ');
strcat(fn,ln);
or even easier
cout << "enter your first and last name: "
cin.getline(namearray,40,'\n');
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