strings question

hi, i have the following code... im just wondering if what i did was a good way to get the outcome.

Code:

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/* lets assume userinput = "hello" */
char address[1000] = {0, '/'};
strcat(address, userinput); /* address is now /hello */

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address will be "Hello", since the '/' is after a 0, so the address variable is essentialy the same as "" (empty string).

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Mats

icic so when it detects the 0, it interprets it as end of string.

Correct. To initialize the address array, you can code

Code:

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char address[1000] = {'\0'};
or
char address[1000] = '\0' ;
or
char address[1000] = 0 ;

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They are all the same. The backslash is called an escape character.

thanks