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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID
Need help with string functions: LEFT, RIGHT and MID
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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID

Hello,
Ineedsomehelphere!IamputtingtogetherapieceofCcode,
and
needsomefunctionswhichdothesamethingasothersIhave
come
acrossinOPLandVisualBasic.
Thefunctionsarestringhandlingfunctionsandareoftencalled
somethinglike:
leftstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasastring
rightstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
midstr(char*str,intn,inti)returnsthencharsofstr,starting
at
positioni
rightstriseasytowrite(Ithink),butcananyonehelpmeout
with
theothers?Thesefunctionswouldbeinvaluableastheywould
allowme
tomanipulatestringswihtouthavingtomakealocalcopy(the
strings
inquestioncanbeanylength).
Manythanks,
David.
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JoonaIPalast
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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID

:Hello,
:Ineedsomehelphere!IamputtingtogetherapieceofC
code,and
:needsomefunctionswhichdothesamethingasothersIhave
come
:acrossinOPLandVisualBasic.
:Thefunctionsarestringhandlingfunctionsandareoftencalled
:somethinglike:
:leftstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
:rightstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
Umm...whatwouldbethedifferencebetweenleftstrand
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rightstr?
:midstr(char*str,intn,inti)returnsthencharsofstr,starting
at
:positioni
:rightstriseasytowrite(Ithink),butcananyonehelpmeout
with
:theothers?Thesefunctionswouldbeinvaluableastheywould
allowme
:tomanipulatestringswihtouthavingtomakealocalcopy(the
strings
:inquestioncanbeanylength).
:Manythanks,
:David.
Thesekindsoffunctionsareeasytowrite.Iftheyreturnanew
copy,
youhavetomallocitinsidethefunction,orpassthepointerto
the
newcopyasaparameter.Infactgettingtheleftncharsis
easier
thangettingtherightnchars.Intheleftncase,juststartatthe
beginning,keepcopyingcharsuntilyouhitn,andputa'\0'at
the
end.Intherightncase,youhavetousestrlen()orsomething
similar
tofindoutthelengthofthestring,thensubstractthingstoget
the
rightstartingposition.
Andthemidncasecanbeexpressedasacombinationofthe
leftnand
rightncases.

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MikeSalte
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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID

Quote:

>Ineedsomehelphere!IamputtingtogetherapieceofCcode,and
>needsomefunctionswhichdothesamethingasothersIhave
come
>acrossinOPLandVisualBasic.

>Thefunctionsarestringhandlingfunctionsandareoften
called
>somethinglike:
>leftstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
>rightstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
>midstr(char*str,intn,inti)returnsthencharsofstr,
startingat
>positioni

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Leftstr()

where:
#include<string.h>
charnewstr[bigenuff]
chars[somesize]
size_tlft=5/*numberofcharstocopy*/

strncpy(newstr,s,lft)
newstr[lft]='\0'
Rightstr()

size_trt=5
strcpy(newstr,(s+(strlen(s)rt+1)))
Midstr()

intstart=3/*startingposition*/
size_tlen=5/*numofcharstocopy*/
strcpy(newstr,(s+(start1)),len)
Ibelievethiswouldgiveyouwhatyouwouldwant(althoughtI
haven't
compiledhiscode).Readthedocsforstrlen(),strcpy()and
strncpy().

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MikeSalte
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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID
MS>Midstr()
MS>
MS>intstart=3/*startingposition*/
MS>size_tlen=5/*numofcharstocopy*/
MS>
MS>strcpy(newstr,(s+(start1)),len)

SorryIhitentertooquick.Thatlastlineshoudusestrncpy().
andbefollowedbynewstr[len]='\0'
Idon'tneedmorecoffee,doI!
Mike
Tue,30Apr200203:00:00GMT

AlBower
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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID
Quote:

>>midstr(char*str,intn,inti)returnsthencharsofstr,starting
at
>>positioni

....snip..........
Quote:

>Midstr()
>
>intstart=3/*startingposition*/
>size_tlen=5/*numofcharstocopy*/

>strcpy(newstr,(s+(start1)),len)
>Ibelievethiswouldgiveyouwhatyouwouldwant
(althoughtIhaven't
>compiledhiscode).Readthedocsforstrlen(),strcpy()
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andstrncpy().
Thedocssaythatfunctionstrcpytakestwoarguments.
YoucouldusestrncpylikeyoudidwithLeftstr().

Butjudgingfromtheoriginalpost,thefunctionwillmodifystr
andreturn
it.Theposterused
char*strandnotconstchar*str.Inthiscaseyouneedtouse
memmove.

AlBowers
Tampa,FLUSA
http://www.gate.net/~abowers/

Tue,30Apr200203:00:00GMT

BurakSerda
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Needhelpwithstringfunctions:LEFT,RIGHTandMID
Quote:

>Hello,

>Ineedsomehelphere!IamputtingtogetherapieceofC
code,and
>needsomefunctionswhichdothesamethingasothersI
havecome
>acrossinOPLandVisualBasic.
>Thefunctionsarestringhandlingfunctionsandareoften
called
>somethinglike:
>leftstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
>rightstr(char*str,intn)returnstheleftncharsofstrasa
string
>midstr(char*str,intn,inti)returnsthencharsofstr,
startingat
>positioni
>rightstriseasytowrite(Ithink),butcananyonehelpme
outwith
>theothers?Thesefunctionswouldbeinvaluableasthey
wouldallowme
>tomanipulatestringswihtouthavingtomakealocalcopy
(thestrings
>inquestioncanbeanylength).
Whatwillbethereturnvalue?Willitdirectlymodifythegivenstring,
orwillitallocatesomememoryandreturnanewstring?

Ifitdirectlymodifiesthegivenstring,formidstr:
memmove(str,str+i,n)
str[n]=0
woulddothejob.Ifitisrequiredtoallocatenewspace:
char*buf=malloc(n+1)
memcpy(buf,str+i,n)
buf[n]=0
isok.Youshouldcheckvalidityofnandiinadvance.Theothers
are
specialcasesofthis.
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