#include #include #include // summary ofstring placement /* char *globalHeader = "Chapter"; char globalArrayHeader[] = "Chapter"; void displayHeader() { static char *staticHeader = "Chapter"; char *localHeader = "Chapter"; static char staticArrayHeader[] = "Chapter"; char localArrayHeader[] = "Chapter"; char *heapHeader = malloc(strlen("Chapter")+1); strcpy(heapHeader, "Chapter"); } */ int main(void) { // print size of char & character literal printf("%zu\n", sizeof(char)); printf("%zu\n", sizeof('a')); // when a string is not a constant // doesn't work with gcc anymore, also with -Wno-deprecated-writable-strings // gives 'Bus error: 10' { char *tabHeader = "Sound"; //*tabHeader = 'L'; printf("%s\n", tabHeader); } // string initialization { // array of char char header[] = "Media Player"; printf("%s\n", header); header[0] = 'W'; header[1] = 'u'; header[2] = 'r'; header[3] = 's'; header[4] = 't'; header[5] = '\0'; printf("%s\n", header); // pointer to char (with memory allocation) char *headerPtr = malloc(strlen("Media Player") + 1); if (headerPtr != NULL) { strcpy(headerPtr, "Media Player"); printf("%s\n", headerPtr); *headerPtr = 'W'; *(headerPtr + 1) = 'u'; *(headerPtr + 2) = 'r'; *(headerPtr + 3) = 's'; *(headerPtr + 4) = 't'; *(headerPtr + 5) = '\0'; printf("%s\n", headerPtr); for (size_t j = 0; j < strlen(headerPtr); j++) { printf("headerPtr[%zu] Address: %p Value: %c\n", j, &headerPtr[j], headerPtr[j]); } printf("\n"); free(headerPtr); } // direct init with character pointer // don't create a new copy, instead a reference to string literal pool only char *headerRef = "Media Player"; printf("%s\n", headerRef); // you shouldn't assign a char pointer with a character literal // because character literals is of type int // wrong: // char *prefix = '+'; // better: char *prefix = malloc(2); if (prefix != NULL) { *prefix = '+'; *(prefix + 1) = 0; printf("%s\n", prefix); free(prefix); } // string initialisation from standard in // don't forget to allocate memory before read from standard in // wrong: // char *command; // printf("%s: ", "Enter a command"); // scanf("%s", command); // better: char *command = malloc(11); if (command != NULL) { printf("%s: ", "Enter a command"); scanf("%10s", command); printf("You entered: %s with length: %zu\n", command, strlen(command)); free(command); } // memset buffer overflow test // executes without warnings or errors on osx :D char *mem = malloc(11); if (mem != NULL) { memset(mem, 0x42, 64); free(mem); } } // standard string operations // comparing strings { char command[16]; printf("Enter a command: "); scanf("%15s", command); // return value of strlen == 0 -> strings are equal if (!strcmp(command, "quit")) { printf("The command was quit\n"); } else { printf("The command wasn't quit\n"); } } return 0; }