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    Quick Question!

    ok how do i copy two variables let say

    char x[30]
    and
    char y[30]
    into
    char z[30]

    ??

    Damn i know this is easy but i cant find anything on this.
    Help is greatly appreciated!

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    do you want to add the two variables, or copy the stuff in memory into the new array...

    add two variables, like shown...

    z[30] = x[30] + y[30];

    if you want to copy them...you can't stick both in z[30]

    it would have to be something like;
    z[0] = x[30];
    z[1] = y[30];

    hope this helps...

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    no not really
    i want to put two different strings into one variable

    pretty much

    x[30]="hello";

    y[30]="bob"

    and i want

    z[30]="hellobob";

    does anyone know how to do this

    i know it has something to do with strcpy but i have no clue!

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    hrmmm

    Well to do what you want to do, youd have to actaully make sure x and y combined are less then 30.

    It would be better if you found out how many characters were in x and y, and add that together to be the new Z[length].
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    okay aafter i do that what do i do?

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    If you use the <string> header you can just add the strings together.

    string h="hello";
    string w="world";
    string hw=h+w;
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    or if you're looking to do it with the char arrays try sprintf() or strcat()
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    no im not using arrays

    ok using rods method how would i then store string hw into a variable lets say name?

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    string hw - IS A VARIABLE no need to store it anywhere it's already stored.
    Code:
    string h="hello";
    string w="world";
    
    string hw = h + w; // This equals "helloworld"
    
    //Now watch this,
    hw=h+" "+w+" "+",did you know that this string variable can hold large strings and you can add them together with a \'+\' sign.";
    hw now equals:
    "hello world ,did you know that this string variable can hold large strings and you can add them together with a '+' sign."
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    okay i get all of this but now i want to put string hw into my variable vars.fullName for my structure
    how would i do that?

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    ah hah i got it
    i was under the impression that u cannot declare strings in a function

    o well i figured it out!

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    Yes, it needs to be of the same type - your var must be a string or you'll be forced to do some TRIXXX to make it work.
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    Originally posted by dizz
    no im not using arrays

    ok using rods method how would i then store string hw into a variable lets say name?
    sure looked like you were a few posts ago

    you sure you have a handle on whatever it is you're asking?
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    yeah thats cuz instead of using char arrays i just chose to use strings

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    x[30]="hello";

    y[30]="bob"

    and i want

    z[30]="hellobob";
    Code:
    strcat(z, x);
    strcat(x, y);
    Does this do the job.

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