Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/10/23:31:39
From: | Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: | Re: compiler interpreting a blank as being '\0' - HELP!
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Date: | Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:08:29 -0800
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Organization: | Alcyone Systems
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Eric wrote:
> When I try to pass a pointer to a string variable initialized as char
> mystring[50], the receiving function keeps on interpreting a space as
> being
> the null terminator. So the string "Bill Clinton" is being handled as
> just
> "Bill", but of course without a '\0' at the end.
Without more information, it's impossible to say. We'd have to see the
offending function, and the data being passed to it.
The problem is probably that 1. the function doesn't handle spaces the
way you think it does, or 2. you aren't passing the function what you
think you're passing.
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Erik Max Francis, &tSftDotIotE / mailto:max AT alcyone DOT com
Alcyone Systems / http://www.alcyone.com/max/
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