To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:10:20 -0500
Subject: Re: strcat() bug?
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From: Robert S Whitlock <roberts DOT j DOT whitlock AT juno DOT com>
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Aha! I get it now. Thanks alot guys :)

> When you use the strcat function, it is your responsibility to make 
> sure
> that the destination buffer is big enough to hold the combined 
> string. 
> Therefore 'strcat(msg, " typed a line\n")' where msg is initialized 
> as
> "Processing with GUI" will mess up other variables (first on the 
> line is
> the variable that's declared after the string.
> 
> The idiom
>   char buf[1024];
>   strcat(buf, "Some text");
>   strcat(buf, "Some more text.");
> is usually used to build up a short dynamic string.
> 
> --
> Weiqi Gao
> weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com



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