How to get substring in C

[Barry Andrews]

Hi All,
There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the standard
libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do this?
I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
Many thanks for your help!!!


Barry

[Brian Preston]

strncpy is what you are looking for.

Brian

"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>
>Hi All,
> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the standard
>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do this?
>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>Many thanks for your help!!!
>
>
>Barry

[Barry Andrews]

Are you refering to 'strcpy'? If so, I don't see how this will help me. All
it does is copy one string to another. If there is a 'strncpy' function,
I cannot find it in string.h. This must not be a standard C function. Does
anyone have suggestions? Thanks!!

Barry


"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>strncpy is what you are looking for.
>
>Brian
>
>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hi All,
>> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the standard
>>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do this?
>>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>>Many thanks for your help!!!
>>
>>
>>Barry
>

[Brian Preston]

No I meant strncpy , I think this a standard function but I am not sure (I
use VC++). Here is an example i copied from MSDN.

/* STRNCPY.C */

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main( void )
{
char string[100] = "Cats are nice usually";
printf ( "Before: %s\n", string );
strncpy( string, "Dogs", 4 );
strncpy( string + 9, "mean", 4 );
printf ( "After: %s\n", string );
}


Output

Before: Cats are nice usually
After: Dogs are mean usual


Brian

"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>
>Are you refering to 'strcpy'? If so, I don't see how this will help me.
All
>it does is copy one string to another. If there is a 'strncpy' function,
>I cannot find it in string.h. This must not be a standard C function. Does
>anyone have suggestions? Thanks!!
>
>Barry
>
>
>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>strncpy is what you are looking for.
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the
standard
>>>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do this?
>>>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>>>Many thanks for your help!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>Barry
>>
>

[Barry Andrews]

Ah yes, I did find this function, but here is my situation. I have a char[400],
and I want to be able to trim the trailing blanks if there are any. So, for
this string 'Hello ', will now be 'Hello'. I can see how
strncpy could help me, but I am confused about how to find the first space
so that I can cut off the rest of the string. This is easy to do in Java,
but I am new to C programming. :0) Thanks again!!!


Barry



"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>No I meant strncpy , I think this a standard function but I am not sure
(I
>use VC++). Here is an example i copied from MSDN.
>
>/* STRNCPY.C */
>
>#include <string.h>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>void main( void )
>{
> char string[100] = "Cats are nice usually";
> printf ( "Before: %s\n", string );
> strncpy( string, "Dogs", 4 );
> strncpy( string + 9, "mean", 4 );
> printf ( "After: %s\n", string );
>}
>
>
>Output
>
>Before: Cats are nice usually
>After: Dogs are mean usual
>
>
>Brian
>
>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>
>>Are you refering to 'strcpy'? If so, I don't see how this will help me.
>All
>>it does is copy one string to another. If there is a 'strncpy' function,
>>I cannot find it in string.h. This must not be a standard C function. Does
>>anyone have suggestions? Thanks!!
>>
>>Barry
>>
>>
>>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>strncpy is what you are looking for.
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the
>standard
>>>>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do this?
>>>>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>>>>Many thanks for your help!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Barry
>>>
>>
>

[Brian Preston]

This is how I would do it. 3 Diffrent ways.

char src[100] = "0123456789 ";
char dest[100];

// keep the src intact
int len = strlen(src);
for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if(src[i] == ' ')
{
strncpy(dest, src, i);
dest[i] = '\0';
break;
}

}

len = strlen(src);
for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
{
if(src[i] == ' ')
{
// just append a null
src[i] = '\0';
break;
}

}

// just using x to show strings end
cout << dest << "x" << endl << src << "x" << endl;


// STL makes this all very easy
string s = "0123456789 ";
s = s.substr( 0, s.find(' ') );

cout << s << "x" << endl;

Brian



"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>
>Ah yes, I did find this function, but here is my situation. I have a char[400],
>and I want to be able to trim the trailing blanks if there are any. So,
for
>this string 'Hello ', will now be 'Hello'. I can see how
>strncpy could help me, but I am confused about how to find the first space
>so that I can cut off the rest of the string. This is easy to do in Java,
>but I am new to C programming. :0) Thanks again!!!
>
>
>Barry
>
>
>
>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>No I meant strncpy , I think this a standard function but I am not sure
>(I
>>use VC++). Here is an example i copied from MSDN.
>>
>>/* STRNCPY.C */
>>
>>#include <string.h>
>>#include <stdio.h>
>>
>>void main( void )
>>{
>> char string[100] = "Cats are nice usually";
>> printf ( "Before: %s\n", string );
>> strncpy( string, "Dogs", 4 );
>> strncpy( string + 9, "mean", 4 );
>> printf ( "After: %s\n", string );
>>}
>>
>>
>>Output
>>
>>Before: Cats are nice usually
>>After: Dogs are mean usual
>>
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Are you refering to 'strcpy'? If so, I don't see how this will help me.
>>All
>>>it does is copy one string to another. If there is a 'strncpy' function,
>>>I cannot find it in string.h. This must not be a standard C function.
Does
>>>anyone have suggestions? Thanks!!
>>>
>>>Barry
>>>
>>>
>>>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>strncpy is what you are looking for.
>>>>
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi All,
>>>>> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the
>>standard
>>>>>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do this?
>>>>>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>>>>>Many thanks for your help!!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Barry
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

[Barry Andrews]

Cool! This is great! I really appreciate your help!
If you don't mind one more question, I would like to ask another. In Java,
there are very nice Javadocs that give lots of information about the classes
and methods. Is there anything like that in C? It is difficult (or impossible
for me) to just look at a header file and figure out what a function does.
Does C have anything that describes the parameters and also describes what
the function does? Thanks again!


Barry



"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>This is how I would do it. 3 Diffrent ways.
>
> char src[100] = "0123456789 ";
> char dest[100];
>
> // keep the src intact
> int len = strlen(src);
> for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
> {
> if(src[i] == ' ')
> {
> strncpy(dest, src, i);
> dest[i] = '\0';
> break;
> }
>
> }
>
> len = strlen(src);
> for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
> {
> if(src[i] == ' ')
> {
> // just append a null
> src[i] = '\0';
> break;
> }
>
> }
>
> // just using x to show strings end
> cout << dest << "x" << endl << src << "x" << endl;
>
>
> // STL makes this all very easy
> string s = "0123456789 ";
> s = s.substr( 0, s.find(' ') );
>
> cout << s << "x" << endl;
>
>Brian
>
>
>
>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>
>>Ah yes, I did find this function, but here is my situation. I have a char[400],
>>and I want to be able to trim the trailing blanks if there are any. So,
>for
>>this string 'Hello ', will now be 'Hello'. I can see how
>>strncpy could help me, but I am confused about how to find the first space
>>so that I can cut off the rest of the string. This is easy to do in Java,
>>but I am new to C programming. :0) Thanks again!!!
>>
>>
>>Barry
>>
>>
>>
>>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>No I meant strncpy , I think this a standard function but I am not sure
>>(I
>>>use VC++). Here is an example i copied from MSDN.
>>>
>>>/* STRNCPY.C */
>>>
>>>#include <string.h>
>>>#include <stdio.h>
>>>
>>>void main( void )
>>>{
>>> char string[100] = "Cats are nice usually";
>>> printf ( "Before: %s\n", string );
>>> strncpy( string, "Dogs", 4 );
>>> strncpy( string + 9, "mean", 4 );
>>> printf ( "After: %s\n", string );
>>>}
>>>
>>>
>>>Output
>>>
>>>Before: Cats are nice usually
>>>After: Dogs are mean usual
>>>
>>>
>>>Brian
>>>
>>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Are you refering to 'strcpy'? If so, I don't see how this will help me.
>>>All
>>>>it does is copy one string to another. If there is a 'strncpy' function,
>>>>I cannot find it in string.h. This must not be a standard C function.
>Does
>>>>anyone have suggestions? Thanks!!
>>>>
>>>>Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>strncpy is what you are looking for.
>>>>>
>>>>>Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi All,
>>>>>> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in the
>>>standard
>>>>>>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do
this?
>>>>>>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>>>>>>Many thanks for your help!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Barry
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

[Brian Preston]

I use the MSDN library from microsoft. It has docs on all the C Runtime functions
and also microsoft specific stuff. You can get a cd which I recommend or
they have it online. Using the online version is a pain in my opinon.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ML/clanghm.asp



Brian

"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>
>Cool! This is great! I really appreciate your help!
>If you don't mind one more question, I would like to ask another. In Java,
>there are very nice Javadocs that give lots of information about the classes
>and methods. Is there anything like that in C? It is difficult (or impossible
>for me) to just look at a header file and figure out what a function does.
>Does C have anything that describes the parameters and also describes what
>the function does? Thanks again!
>
>
>Barry
>
>
>
>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>This is how I would do it. 3 Diffrent ways.
>>
>> char src[100] = "0123456789 ";
>> char dest[100];
>>
>> // keep the src intact
>> int len = strlen(src);
>> for(int i = 0; i < len; i++)
>> {
>> if(src[i] == ' ')
>> {
>> strncpy(dest, src, i);
>> dest[i] = '\0';
>> break;
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> len = strlen(src);
>> for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
>> {
>> if(src[i] == ' ')
>> {
>> // just append a null
>> src[i] = '\0';
>> break;
>> }
>>
>> }
>>
>> // just using x to show strings end
>> cout << dest << "x" << endl << src << "x" << endl;
>>
>>
>> // STL makes this all very easy
>> string s = "0123456789 ";
>> s = s.substr( 0, s.find(' ') );
>>
>> cout << s << "x" << endl;
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>
>>
>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Ah yes, I did find this function, but here is my situation. I have a char[400],
>>>and I want to be able to trim the trailing blanks if there are any. So,
>>for
>>>this string 'Hello ', will now be 'Hello'. I can see how
>>>strncpy could help me, but I am confused about how to find the first space
>>>so that I can cut off the rest of the string. This is easy to do in Java,
>>>but I am new to C programming. :0) Thanks again!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>Barry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>No I meant strncpy , I think this a standard function but I am not sure
>>>(I
>>>>use VC++). Here is an example i copied from MSDN.
>>>>
>>>>/* STRNCPY.C */
>>>>
>>>>#include <string.h>
>>>>#include <stdio.h>
>>>>
>>>>void main( void )
>>>>{
>>>> char string[100] = "Cats are nice usually";
>>>> printf ( "Before: %s\n", string );
>>>> strncpy( string, "Dogs", 4 );
>>>> strncpy( string + 9, "mean", 4 );
>>>> printf ( "After: %s\n", string );
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Output
>>>>
>>>>Before: Cats are nice usually
>>>>After: Dogs are mean usual
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Are you refering to 'strcpy'? If so, I don't see how this will help
me.
>>>>All
>>>>>it does is copy one string to another. If there is a 'strncpy' function,
>>>>>I cannot find it in string.h. This must not be a standard C function.
>>Does
>>>>>anyone have suggestions? Thanks!!
>>>>>
>>>>>Barry
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Brian Preston" <brian81@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>strncpy is what you are looking for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Barry Andrews" <bandrews@level8.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi All,
>>>>>>> There seems to be no functions for getting a substring in C in
the
>>>>standard
>>>>>>>libraries. Can someone please provide an example of how I could do
>this?
>>>>>>>I want to be able to trim out the spaces at the end of a string.
>>>>>>>Many thanks for your help!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Barry
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>