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Char S "Hello" - Error: Char Type of Variable Can Store A Single Character. Example

Char arrays and strings in C/C++ have subtle differences. This document discusses: 1. How string literals should be declared as char arrays rather than char pointers for compatibility. 2. The differences between char, which stores a single character, and string, which stores multiple characters terminated by a null character. 3. The differences between C-style char arrays and C++ std::string for storing strings. 4. How to properly use functions like getline(), sizeof(), strlen(), strtok(), and cin.ignore() when working with strings in C/C++.

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Char S "Hello" - Error: Char Type of Variable Can Store A Single Character. Example

Char arrays and strings in C/C++ have subtle differences. This document discusses: 1. How string literals should be declared as char arrays rather than char pointers for compatibility. 2. The differences between char, which stores a single character, and string, which stores multiple characters terminated by a null character. 3. The differences between C-style char arrays and C++ std::string for storing strings. 4. How to properly use functions like getline(), sizeof(), strlen(), strtok(), and cin.ignore() when working with strings in C/C++.

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char *s=“Hello” - Error

char *s=“Hello” may not be supported in all compilers.


change it to char s[]=“Hello”;

String Literal - char *s=“Hello”;


“Hello” is a literal.
Literal means direct values used in a program. Like int x=10;
Literals are stored in code section.
Literal cannot me modified. Like s[2]=‘k’; is invalid.

char vs string
char type of variable can store a single character.

example:
char c=‘A’;

string is an array of characters used for storing a name, word ,


sentence etc.
It is terminated by ‘\0’

Example:
char str[6]={‘H’,’e’,’l’,’l’,’o’,’\0’};
char str[6]=“Hello”; // ‘\0’ will be included at the end.

class string vs char str[]


string is a builtin class in C++ to store a string.
Internally it contains an array of characters.
It will create array of characters in heap.
It has many functions for performing string operations
example:
string str=“Hello” // this will create a string object.

char str[10]=“Hello”; is a C style string. It can contain set of


characters terminated by ‘\0’

char *s vs char s[10]


char s[10]; is an array of characters. Is can contain string
Example:
char str[6]={‘H’,’e’,’l’,’l’,’o’,’\0’}; // ‘\0’ also takes space

char *s; is pointer of type character. In can point on a char array or


string
Example:
1.char *s=“Hello”; // s is pointing to a string literal
2.char str[]={‘H’,’e’,’l’,’l’,’o’,’\0’};
char *s=str; // s is pointing to a string in array.

getline(cin,str) vs cin.getline(str,100)
getline(cin,str) is used for reading a string object. It will not
work for char array.

cin.getline(str,100) is used for reading a string in char array.


It will not work for string class object

example:
1. string str;
getline(cin,str); it is used with string class.

2. char str[10];
cin.getline(str,100); it is used with char array.

sizeof() vs strlen()
sizeof is used for finding size of a data type or variable. It cannot
find string length
strlen(str) is a function used for finding length of a string.

strtok()
It is used for tokenising a string
In first call we pass a string from second call we pass NULL, it will
use same string given in first call.

First call
strtok(“hello:how:are:you”,”:”); this is the first call
• In first call it will return first token “hello” as a string
• char *t; is used for taking tokens.
• In first call, it will store the string internally.

Second call
strtok(NULL,”:”); this is the second call.
• NULL means, it will use the same string given in first call
• From second call onwards it will give second token onwards.
• Same call is repeated with NULL to get all the tokens.

cin.ignore()
• When we enter any input from keyboard, it is transferred to an
input buffer.
• Program reads the data from input buffer
• After entering value from keyboard, we hit enter.
• Program will read the value and ignore enter key from buffer.
• If program doesn’t ignore it the it may not read next input.
• cin.ignore() is used for forcing the program to ignore it.
• Usually programs don’t read a string value because of enter key.
• Use cin.ignore() before reading a string.

#include<cstring> vs #include<string>
#include<cstring> this library contains C language function
#include<string> this contains C++ class for string

CHECKING PALINDROME (Common Mistakes)


#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
string str="MalayaLAm";
string rev;
int len=(int)str.length();
int i,j;
rev.resize(len);// resizing of reverse string must be done, rev
will be empty.
for(i=0, j=len-1; i<len; i++, j--)
{
rev[i]=str[j];
}
rev[len]='\0';
for(i=0; str[i]!='\0' && rev[i]!='\0'; i++)
{
if(str[i]-rev[i]!=32 && str[i]-rev[i]!=-32 && str[i]-rev[i]!=0)
{
break;
}
}
if(str[i]=='\0' && rev[i]=='\0')
cout<<"palindrome"<<endl;
else cout<<"not a palindrome"<<endl;
}

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