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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: pointers in Strucrure assignment problem
Date: 7 Jul 2005 12:16:33 GMT
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Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net> wrote:
> >               LD[i].LinePtr="";

> The second of these causes you to
> 1) lose the value returned by calloc
> 2) create a memory leak
> 3) assign LD[i].LinePtr to point to the string literal "",

and 4) evokes undefined behaviour in the next line, where he writes
something to LinePtr[0], i.e. tries to modify a string literal.

>     *LD[i].LinePtr = 0;

That one's a bit gratuitously obfuscated.

	LD[i].LinePtr[0] = '\0';

is almost certainly clearer to the OP.

Actually, the next line in the OP's source suggested that he actually
wants to do something like

	strcpy(LD[i].LinePtr, "\n");

(he wrote a 13 in there, which is actually '\r', but you get the
picture...)

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.