mm@blake.u.washington.edu (Eric Gorr) (12/10/90)
Well, here it is for all you C experts:
In BASIC, you can write the simple, one line instruction:
TEST = "Hello"
What I want to know is how to do this in C after the code where I declared the
varables. Please provide some sample code...
Please Respond through E-mail.
Thanx for your help.....!!
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think it should..haggas@kean.ucs.mun.ca (12/11/90)
In article <12677@milton.u.washington.edu>, mm@blake.u.washington.edu (Eric Gorr) writes: > Well, here it is for all you C experts: > > In BASIC, you can write the simple, one line instruction: > > TEST = "Hello" > > What I want to know is how to do this in C after the code where I declared the > varables. Please provide some sample code... > > Please Respond through E-mail. > > Thanx for your help.....!! > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Mystery_Man ! All warfare is based on deception - Sun Tzu > ! Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have > mm@ ! your war - Danielle Vare' > blake.u.washington.edu! He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will > ! be victorious - Sun Tzu > IBM - I Bought ! Alway mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy > Macintosh ! - Stonewall Jackson > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > PS: If it matters, I am programming on a MAC with Lightspeed C..but I don't > think it should.. I won't reply via E mail because ANEWS is cheaper for us. You may define a global or externa string array, that is outside of the function main(), like this: char string[] = "Test"; /* the null char '\0' is automatically appended */ or you may define an automatic variable in the main() function, like this: static char string[] = "Test"; /* viable and seen only in main() */ /* local or automatic variables are */ /* not created until the function is called, static variable are created by the compiler and don't disappear when the funtion ( main() ) terminates. */ or , if your cranky: static char string[] = { 'T', 'e', 's', 't', '\0' }; /* character by character - don't forget the end of string terminator */ A global string array will be visible to all the functions succeeeding it, if it is global; therefore, if you wish your string array to be visible to all functions including main(), it must preceed main() in the global data block. Good luck!
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (12/11/90)
In article <12677@milton.u.washington.edu> mm@blake.u.washington.edu (Eric Gorr) writes: >In BASIC, you can write the simple, one line instruction: > TEST = "Hello" >What I want to know is how to do this in C after the code where I declared the >varables. Please provide some sample code... The problem with such a question is that it betrays a lack of training in the C language. Rather than asking out-of-context detailed technical questions like this, you should be concerned with how you can learn to program effectively in C. Start with Kernighan & Ritchie's "The C Programming Language", second edition if possible, which explains all you need to know about handling strings in C.
gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) (12/11/90)
To assign a string to a char array after declaration:
char my_string[80];
(some code)
(some more code)
strcpy(my_string, "Now is the time for all good men...");
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John Gordon
Internet: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu #include <disclaimer.h>
gordon@cerl.cecer.army.mil #include <clever_saying.h>gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) (12/11/90)
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: >In article <12677@milton.u.washington.edu> mm@blake.u.washington.edu (Eric Gorr) writes: >>In BASIC, you can write the simple, one line instruction: >> TEST = "Hello" >>What I want to know is how to do this in C after the code where I declared the >>varables. Please provide some sample code... >The problem with such a question is that it betrays a lack of training in >the C language. Rather than asking out-of-context detailed technical Out-of-context?! Err, maybe you didn't have your coffee this morning, but from *my* point of view this looks like comp.lang.c, which is *exactly* the place to ask questions like the above. Bucket Brigade, stand ready!
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Dec11.023928.8098@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes: > Out-of-context?! Err, maybe you didn't have your coffee this morning, >but from *my* point of view this looks like comp.lang.c, which is *exactly* >the place to ask questions like the above. That wasn't at all what I meant. Haven't you heard about things being taken "out of context" before? I thought that was common English usage.