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[Doggeti]

I have following code

Code: Show/Hide char line[256];    while(afile.getline(line,256))    {       if(!inNotes && &line[0] == "[Notes]")       {          inNotes = true;          sendPublic("[Notes] found");       }

I know that this reads the file correctly and there is a line with '[Notes]' in the file but it never displays the message. Where is the error?

[Smong]

Have you tried strcmp()?
I think == can only be used with string, not char (maybe cast it to string?)

[Doggeti]

These str-functions might be very usefull if they weren't so confusing:

Why does this line work:

if(inNotes && strchr(tmp, "["))

and this one cause an error:

a = strchr(tmp, "="); // tmp and a are Strings

[Smong]

I find them confusing too like strncmp, what is that!? Also:
char * strchr(const char *_s, int _c);

[Mine GO BOOM]

You really should be using the string class if your doing C++ and have no idea how a char array works. But i'll attempt to give you a low-down of how things are:

Letters are stored in the ASCII format. That means that the letter 'A' is actually seen as the number 65. So any type that can store the number 65 can store the letter 'A'.

int is the standard size of whatever processor your using uses. Its been 32-bit for a while, but with the new 64-bit machines coming into public use soon, int will be 64-bit. So when a function uses int for a single character, it is because thats the standard size the processor likes. You could just have it be the char type, as both will work.

A char* is a pointer (as noted by the *). It points to whatever you want it to. It is NOT a string. It is NOT a new variable. It points to another one. So it works like the following:

Code: Show/Hide char str[255]; char *p; strcpy(str, "Hello world"); p = strchr(str, 'w'); if (p)     p = 'k'; puts(str);

That will print out Hello korld, because the pointer p is pointing directly to where the 'w' was found from strchr. If you change the p = 'k'; into strcpy(p, "friend");, it will print out Hello friend.

strchr just attempts to find a certain character inside of an array of characters. So in the above example, it will go through each letter in the str till it finds a 'w'. Once it does, it returns a pointer to it. If it doesn't find it (say you were looking for a 'z'), it will return 0, which is the same as NULL or false.

strcmp will compare two chars, byte by byte, with each other. If they are identical in everyway, it will return 0. When it returns -1 or 1, it means they are different. As to how, i'll doubt you'll ever use it.

strcmpi will compare like strcmp, but with one difference. It is case insensitve. So that means it will find Hello to be equal to heLlO.

The most common method of finding if two strings are the same inside an if structure is to do !strcmpi(string1, "Text you want"). So for your above example, it would be better to do it as the following: if(!inNotes && !strcmpi(line, "[Notes]"))

[Doggeti]

Thanks for your help, Mine. Now I understand it a little bit better.

[Smong]

Are strncmp(), strcasecmp() and stricmp() the same as strcmpi()?

[Mine GO BOOM]

[Smong]

Thanks for the tip. strcasecmp() isn't there, but I think it's the same as strcmpi() (I did a bit of testing).

[Snidjer]

And for the people using UNIX, man is your friend!

BTW: Unless you want a ton of security problems in your code, always use the strncmp, strnspn, strncpy, etc versions of the functions. (These are ANSI C functions, by the way). These functions require you to specify a length along with the string (read: character pointer or character array). If you don't use these functions, your code is highly susceptible to buffer overflow (and possibly underrun) attacks.

For instance, instead of the strcpy(str, "Hello World") in MGB's example there, you should use strncpy(str, "Hello World", 11) (the terminating null is implied in the ANSI C version).

Kind regards,

Devon H. O'Dell
sitetronics.com

[Helicon]

[Mine GO BOOM]

Nothing wrong with using a free resource if its good, no matter the source. Plus with books you have to flip pages, ugh. PDF all the way there.

[Helicon]

~steal~ the o'reilly books on pdf...?

[Snidjer]

In any case, I actually prefer *real books* (gasp) over pdf. There are some things that computers just shouldn't replace, IMHO. That or I just really can't study on a computer .

[Smong]

[Snidjer]

No, it's better, and in real life, when you're doing strncpy with variables, you will probably be using strlen() on those variables. Good insight.

Devon

[Doggeti]

I need help again.

I have:

Code: Show/Hide char *time; // time is for example '12:34' int minutes; int seconds;

How do I get the minutes and seconds from the string (in this case mins=12 and secs=34) and convert them into integers so that the values are in the both integer variables?

[Smong]

sscanf(time, "%d:%d", &minutes, &seconds);
You can try "%2d" if there are always two digits, fx: "00:01", though I doubt it will make much difference.

[Doggeti]

Thx! That works fine.

[GameMaster]

Could someone tell me what diffrences are between C++ and Java????
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[Cyan~Fire]

Uhhhh.
C++ is a text-oriented language, and is widely used for almost everything. Complex.

Java is graphic/object-oriented language, and is widely used only on the internet. It has some other uses, but mostly for executables, C++ is the way to go. Java's a heck of a lot similar too. (I can understand it )

Please anyone more experienced correct me on any points.
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[GameMaster]

I looked at some of the code and it looks like it is a mix of java and php.
can it be?

[Cyan~Fire]

Lol no way. C++ is based on C which has been around for ages.

Almost all programming languages look the same, if you think about it. They just have very different functions. php is nothing like C++ since it handles web pages, and C++ does kinda behind-the-scenes stuff. And I already said how Java is different.

If you want to get into programming, I suggest starting with Visual Basic, and working your way up to C++.

[MadBoy]

ok nice to know... ill try

[GameMaster]

php handles php-pags
php its if($s==$b){echo "****";}else{echo $b;}

java... (we learned it @ school) ...is useless (there was no useful programm we have done).
in java its if(s==b){system.out.print(ln)("****");}else{system.out.print(ln)( b);}

They look nearly same... no matter what they are for!

... visual basic????
no thx that dosnt even look same!
I think VB is just 4 MS office access... never saw it snywhere else.

Is is really to hard to learn C++ from mixing php & java????

... im posting shit i know.... lol