Motivation

We often need to manipulate stored text in C. This can be done using arrays of characters, which are called strings.

Examples reading in strings

arrayStrings.c: using arrays to store strings, reading with %s, overwriting the '\0' at the end of a string. (See also a version tailored for the EECS machines)

encode.c: encoding some input text by a set transposition amount

A Brief Introduction to Pointers

See in-class notes

arrayptr1.c: An example using a pointer with an array

Examples of String Functions

A description of some of the string functions.

stringFcns.c: A program using various string functions: strcat, strcmp, strcpy, strlen, strstr, strchr, strncpy

parse.c: A better way to repeatedly pull out words using strtok

On-line documentation

See string.h in the C standard library functions.

[CS Dept] [UIC] [Prof. Reed]