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String help #440283 04/22/14 16:16 04/22/14 16:16
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,609 D DdlV OP Serious User
DdlV OP Serious User D Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,609	Hi all. There must be something obviously wrong with this snipit, but I can't see it. Why is the value of s1 being reset after the last assignment to its value from the prior bar? Thanks. Code: function run() { set(LOGFILE); if (Bar>5) quit(); string s1 = "12345678901234567890"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = "00"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = "xx"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = "*"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); sprintf(s1,"%02d",3Bar+7); printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); }

Re: String help [Re: DdlV] #440289 04/22/14 18:59 04/22/14 18:59
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 585 Austria Petra Support
Petra Support Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 585 Austria	You're overwriting a string constant in the sprintf line.

Re: String help [Re: Petra] #440293 04/22/14 20:03 04/22/14 20:03
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,609 D DdlV OP Serious User
DdlV OP Serious User D Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,609	Thanks Petra! But I still don't quite follow. Isn't s1 a variable that I can reassign a new value to? What makes it a constant that I shouldn't assign? What bothers me isn't the sprintf (which seems to work fine), but the assignment of "" above. What is printed by the following printf isn't "" (except the 1st time) - what's printed is the value of s1 from the preceding bar. Thanks.

Re: String help [Re: DdlV] #440311 04/23/14 12:35 04/23/14 12:35
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,978 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,978 Frankfurt	Your "**" is a string constant. Writing into is is normally not recommended and can even cause a crash. Handling strings is a little more complex than numeric variables, so I suggest a C online course as listed in the manual for learning how to use strings. In your case a simple solution to avoid a crash would be setting s1 to a long empty string before writing into it, like this: s1 = "____________________"; sprintf(s1,..);

Re: String help [Re: jcl] #440316 04/23/14 13:47 04/23/14 13:47
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DdlV OP Serious User D Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,609	Thanks jcl. I understand that "" is a string constant and s1 is being set to the address of it. (Although anytime one has available the address of something, it's a bit difficult to really call it a "constant". ) But "____________________" is also a string constant so I don't quite see the difference since I didn't sprintf more than 2 bytes in... In any case, I have added your s1 initialization into the code with an additional printf, but the problem persists. After the 1st iteration where the printf displays your initialization string as above, on every subsequent bar your initialization string is not present. In every subsequent bar, s1 reverts to its ending value on the prior bar. Why? Thanks. Code: function run() { set(LOGFILE); if (Bar>5) quit(); string s1 = "12345678901234567890"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = "00"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = "xx"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = ""; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); s1 = "____________________"; printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); sprintf(s1,"%02d",3*Bar+7); printf("\nBar,s1=%i,%s",Bar,s1); }

Re: String help [Re: DdlV] #440319 04/23/14 14:39 04/23/14 14:39
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,978 Frankfurt jcl Chief Engineer
jcl Chief Engineer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 27,978 Frankfurt	Because you're overwriting the constant with that value. For working with strings, I definitely suggest to read through that part in a C online course - such a course does a much better job in explaining strings than I could do.

Re: String help [Re: jcl] #440323 04/23/14 16:10 04/23/14 16:10
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DdlV OP Serious User D Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,609	Thanks jcl (& Petra). The paradigm has finally shifted. It's a lousy paradigm, but it is what it is. Thanks.

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