strings and palindrome's

i'm supposed to create a function that checks if an inouted word or number is a palindrome( same forwards and backwards i.e bob )...the only problem that i see in my program is getting the number backwards...

my problem is in my for loop below...

for( i = 0 ; i <= amt ; i++ )
backwards[ i ] = input[ amt - i ] ;

what happens is the null byte becomes the backwards[ 0 ], because it is the last element in the array input...how do i get the null byte to be the last element of the array?

Look up fgets() in your helpfiles. Use it to get all input as a string Find strings length. Then check if string is palindrome.Simple pointer exercise.

try this (assuming that amt is the length of the input string)

Code:

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for( i = 0 ; i <= (amt-1) ; i++ )
backwards[ i ] = input[ amt - (i+1) ] ;

backwards[i]= '\0';

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Why not try searching for an answer.

try this

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  char aString[] = "boibbvob";
  char buff[20];
 
  int i, j, length; 
  j=0;
 
  for(i=0; aString[i] != '\0'; i++);
 
  length = i;
 
  for(i = length-1; aString[i] > 0; i--)
          buff[j++] = aString[i];
 
  buff[j] = '\0';
 
  printf("%s\n", aString);
  printf("%s\n", buff);
 
  j=0;
 
  for(i=0; aString[i] != '\0'; i++)
  {
      if(buff[j++] != aString[i])
      {
              printf("\nstrings are not palindrome");
              return -1;
      }
  }
             
  printf("\nstrings are palindrome");
     

  return 0;
}

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Originally posted by Hammer
Why not try searching for an answer.

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Why bother? Everyone shows up and does your homework for you. I'm getting to the point where I don't even bother reading homework issues. There's no point in helping people learn. No one wants to actually learn anything. They just want their work done for them, and there are countless people jumping at the chance to do all the work for them...

Quzah.

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Originally posted by quzah
There's no point in helping people learn. No one wants to actually learn anything.

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Not so; it's the only reason that I come here. I've taken a lot of things from this board.... much more so than in any class room setting or from passive learning like books that the author often pens in such a way that is specific to his or her own style. The board offers a huge variety of ideas.

If a person chooses not to understand what is going on and turns it in replies as a homework assignment, then those 10 points coming from his or her homework grade will be of great use around the time said person has to drop a course because of a 25 test average. That choice is entirely up to each individual as to what he or she chooses to learn.