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Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output?

From	Lars Erdmann <lars.erdmann@arcor.de>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject	Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output?
Date	2018-05-21 09:07 +0200
Organization	solani.org
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>> BTW: Do you also have an idea, how to get it copied? (I guess with
>> memcpy.)
>>
>
> C string handling is painful at best. In this case, probably memcpy.
> However, how do you identify the end of the string? Presumably, since it's
> a concatenation of null-terminated strings the end of all should be
> identified by two nulls in a row?
>

Yes. And I am pretty sure, if you use a C++ library that can handle a 
string with embedded zeros it is going to do the very same thing internally.
The C++ class library that comes with VAC has a string class that can 
handle strings with embedded zeros (IString, also I0String).

Lars

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C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-18 18:30 +0200
  Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? James Moe <jimoeDESPAM@sohnen-moe.com> - 2018-05-18 10:26 -0700
    Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-18 19:34 +0200
      Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Lars Erdmann <lars.erdmann@arcor.de> - 2018-05-18 21:29 +0200
        Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-19 14:29 +0200
          Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-19 15:30 +0200
            Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? "Steven Levine" <steve53@nomail.earthlink.net> - 2018-05-19 09:43 -0500
              Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-19 18:11 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-20 13:37 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-20 10:36 -0400
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? "Steven Levine" <steve53@nomail.earthlink.net> - 2018-05-20 10:49 -0500
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-20 18:46 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? "Steven Levine" <steve53@nomail.earthlink.net> - 2018-05-21 09:42 -0500
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-21 18:37 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? nospam_2018@efbe.prima.de - 2018-05-20 19:06 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-20 23:30 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-20 18:03 -0400
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Lars Erdmann <lars.erdmann@arcor.de> - 2018-05-21 09:07 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-21 11:30 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? "Steven Levine" <steve53@nomail.earthlink.net> - 2018-05-21 10:01 -0500
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-21 18:41 +0200
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                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? "Steven Levine" <steve53@nomail.earthlink.net> - 2018-05-22 10:00 -0500
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-22 21:37 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-22 21:41 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-23 23:56 +0200
                Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? nospam_2018@efbe.prima.de - 2018-05-22 21:44 +0200
          Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-19 11:42 -0400
            Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-19 18:13 +0200
  Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Kohl <ak120@arcor.de> - 2018-05-21 09:05 +0200
    Re: C: How to convert a \0 char into a dot for printf output? Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2018-05-21 11:35 +0200

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