I'm having this problem in solving the transfer of alphabet into pointer.
Below is my code:
I know it's easier to use array and cstring but I purposely write it in pointer form, which will be incorporated into my serial communication code later.Code:#include <iostream> using namespace std; void main() { char* ReadChain; *ReadChain = 'A'; *(ReadChain + 1) = 'B'; *(ReadChain + 2) = 'C'; cout<<"Result = "<<ReadChain<<endl; }
Any help and suggestion is well appreciated. Thanks!
1. It's int main not void main
2. You need to allocate memory for the pointer, for example
Code:char * ReadChain = new char[3]; //Code here delete ReadChain;
Woop?
I've just tried to do what you have told me but the result is "ABC" and there is some unknown symbol behind it. How to eradicate this unwanted symbol?
Post the latest code.
Woop?
You must allocate an extra character and append a null character to properly terminate such a string. Outputting a C-style string (null terminated character array) writes characters until such time as a null is encountered. If you don't take that into account you get odd results.
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