Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings)

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John Gordon wrote:
> 
> In <jh19o6$qnl$1@speranza.aioe.org> peter <pc722@nospam.mail.com.br> writes:
> 
> > In fact, I want to remove all NULLS and EOFs (0x1a)
> > from a string then replace them all with spaces. The way I do it
> > now is by using a for() loop:
> 
> >  for(temp=0;temp<=strlen(buffer);temp++)
> >    {
> >     if(buffer[temp]== '\0' || buffer[temp]==0x1A)
> >       {buffer[temp]=' ';}
> >    }
> 
> C strings are terminated by a NULL character.
> Therefore, by definition,
> you won't find any NULLs in the string itself.

By definition, a string includes a null character.

ISO/IEC 9899:201x Committee Draft — April 12, 2011 N1570
7. Library
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Definitions of terms
1     A string is a contiguous sequence of characters 
      terminated by and including the first null character.

-- 
pete

Thread

Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) peter <pc722@nospam.mail.com.br> - 2012-02-09 20:19 +0000
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-09 15:46 -0500
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-02-09 22:04 +0100
    Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-02-09 16:15 -0500
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-02-09 21:16 +0000
    Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-09 13:29 -0800
      Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-09 13:29 -0800
    Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-02-09 19:22 -0500
      Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-02-09 16:36 -0800
        Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-09 17:27 -0800
          Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-02-10 02:05 +0000
            Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-02-10 05:43 -0800
        Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 00:27 -0500
    Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-02-10 11:42 -0500
      Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2012-02-10 16:51 +0000
    Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) "christian.bau" <christian.bau@cbau.wanadoo.co.uk> - 2012-02-14 14:48 -0800
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-09 13:22 -0800
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-02-09 14:41 -0800
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2012-02-10 11:48 -0500
  Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-02-10 11:08 -0800
    Re: Replacing NULLS with space (C strings) Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 22:36 -0500

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