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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: String Problems
Date: 24 Feb 2002 14:42:56 GMT
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Bill Henderson <inconnu AT softhome DOT net> wrote:

> (1) Why will the following code output to the screen perfectly (with
> the percent symbol output correctly either escaped or not), whilst
> it is impossible to place the percent character into a file which
> produces:

It definitely is possible, but you're trying it the wrong way.  Note the difference
between:

> printf( "\ncharacter %n == %s ", i, ch[i] ) ;
                            ^^^      ^^^^^
and:

> fprintf( fp, ch[i] ) ;
               ^^^^

There's no "%s" format anywhere, in the fprintf() case. 

	fprintf(fp, "%s\n", ch[i]);

would have been closer to the goal. An alternative would have been

	fputs(ch[i], fp); fputc('\n', fp);

or	fputc(ch[i][0], fp); fputc('\n', fp);


> (2) Is it really necessary to use arrays to satisfactorily
> manipulate strings?

Yes.  Strings *are* arrays in C.  

> (3) I notice getchar() misbehaving  
[...]

Sorry, but without explaining what the "misbehaviour" was, it's hard
to help you here.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.