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Searching Strings

Started by MrPoopypants Feb 18, 2003 at 5:59 PM 1 replies 200+ views

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Feb 18, 2003 at 5:59 PM

(C++) How can I search a String and eliminate the commas, apostrophies, periods, and spaces to have just the text remain using pointers. This is what I think might work (my program is nowhere near ready to be compiled)

  
if ( *Ptr == ''''''/*amd would this even work*/ || *Ptr == '','' || *Ptr == ''.'' || *Ptr == '' '' )
{
//what would go here?

Ptr++;
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

civguy

Feb 18, 2003 at 6:11 PM

You need two pointers. One that reads, one that writes. They initially point to same location, but when you encounter a character you want to eliminate, the reading pointer will move forwards but the writing pointer will stay still. Normally the both would move forward. Don''t forget ''\0'' at the end of the string.

MrPoopypants

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MrPoopypants

Feb 18, 2003 at 6:12 PM

Thanks a lot

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