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Re: some C questions

Posted by Computer Consultant on 1999-04-05

>> 
>> * Is there predefined function to do the following:
>> append a string to an existing one. (including new
>> memallocation...) or
>> do I have to do this by hand (which should not be
>> that difficult)
>> 
>
>man sprintf

That will not allocate new memory

> 
>> * Has someone a function that replaces each
>> occurence of given substring
>> in a string by another string?
>
>I'm sure the combination of some string.h functions
>would help here.
>Start with "man strstr"
>Look at the bottom of the man page and you will see
>names of other related functions. Try the man pages
>for these.
> 
>> 
>> * and another question:
>> can anyone tell me good online resources for info on
>> things like 
>> - standard libraries, what functions they have with
>> a short explanation
>> ...
>> - perl by examples but for C
>> - the CKB for C
>
>For starters you have a world of open source software
>out there. Just download the GNU source and check it
>out.
>
>Also I find the info mode in emacs really good.
>
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