Thread: Problem With Line Wrap Header File (segfault)

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    Question Problem With Line Wrap Header File (segfault)

    I am trying to program a header that prevents line wrap in the console. The problem is that I keep getting a Segmentation fault error in seemingly strange places. Here is the code:

    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    const int LINEWIDTH = 80; // this holds the width of the line
    int counter1 = 1; // records the current position on the current line
    int counter2 = 0; // records the current position in the string as it is being checked
    int counter3 = 0; // records the length of the current word
    int counter4 = 0; // records how much of the word has been printed
    int counter5 = 0; // records the current position in the string as it is being printed
    bool loop = true;
    
    void lineWrap (char string[])
    {
    	while(counter1 < LINEWIDTH) // loops if the current position on the line is before the the specified line width
    	{
    		while(string[counter2] != ' ') // this finds the length of the current word, stored in counter3
    		{
    		    counter2++;
    			counter3++;
    		}
    		if(counter3 <= ((counter1 - LINEWIDTH) / -1)) // this checks to see if there is sufficent space to print the word before running
    		{                                             // out of space on the current line
                while(counter4 != counter3) // this prints the current word
                {
                    cout<<string[counter5];
                    counter5++;
                    counter4++;
                    counter1++;
                }
    		}
    		else // if there isn't sufficent space to print the next word then this will start a new line and restart the line position counter
    		{
    		    cout<<endl;
    		    counter1 = 1;
    		}
            counter2++;
    		counter3 = 0;
    		counter4 = 0;
    	}
    }
    I call the function with:

    Code:
    lineWrap("This is a long string of text to see if the lineWrap function will prevent linewrap");
    Every time I compile and run the program though, I get this output:

    Code:
    This is a long string of text to see if the lineWrap functio
    
    
    Segmentation fault
    Press ENTER to continue.
    I realize that segmentation faults are a common issue, and I tried to search the forums for an answer, but I still couldn't figure out my problem. Thanks.

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    "while (counter1 < LINEWIDTH)" would seem to always be true, since you are very careful to not let counter1 go over the line. Something like "while (counter5 < strlen(string))" seems more like the point.

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    and what happens
    Code:
    while(string[counter2] != ' ')
    if the last word does not have space at the end?
    All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection,
    except for the problem of too many layers of indirection.
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    Thumbs up

    Both of you were right, thank you very much. I don't know how I missed both of those, but now I can get back to working on the function rather trying to fix some stupid error, thanks again.

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