Thread: Best way to load lines of text from a file to a combo box

I use a while loop with the function fgets() but it adds the /n at the end and when it's in the combo box, the /n is a weird char.
What do you think is the best way to do this.

Replace the newline character with a null character.

in windows edit boxes, the newline character is actually read as: \r\n, so that should fix your problem

He's reading it in a combo box.

Originally Posted by Dante Shamest

Replace the newline character with a null character.

I can do this but I will have to use more lines of code, are there any shorter ways.

I can do this but I will have to use more lines of code, are there any shorter ways.

You should only need a few more lines. For example, if line is the C-style string,

Code:

int iNewLine = strlen( line ) - 1 ;   // "\n" is stored at the end
line[ iNewLine ]  = 0 ; // replace with 0

Thanks Dante for doing the work for me, hehe. All I did was cut and paste your code and rename the variables and it works.