Thread: string.h functions help plz :)

all of these problems are code or implementation dependant,

>firstly strlen(); doesn't seem to count spaces :/ is there an alternative function at all?

actuall it does

a self alternative could be though unlike strlen it counts the null character

int mstrlen(char* s)
{
for(char* p = s;*p++;);
return p-s;
}

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secondly, strcat doesn't like me stickin a string on the end of itself. i.e strcat(string, string); is there an alternative to this?
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you must have space enough to do this in the array. depending on the implementation this may work,

// five character array big enough to hold itself twice remember to add one for the null

char string[11] = { "5long" };

strcat(string,string};

::edit:: this is really not the best way using a second string is a better alternative.