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xiao liu
xiao liu

Reputation: 3

How to get each elements from char string in c?

I would like to put first 7 elements of buf[20] into char A to G. I expect the result could be 1 H, 2 e, 3 l, 4 l,5 o, 6 ,7 W, but what I got is 1 H,2 e olWH,3 lWH,4 le olWH,5 olWH,6 olWH,7 WH. Could anyone explain this, please?

#include <stdio.h>
     char buf[20]="Hello World";
     char A,B,C,D,E,F,G;
    int main()
    {

        A=buf[0];
        B=buf[1];
        C=buf[2];
        D=buf[3];
        E=buf[4];
        F=buf[5];
        G=buf[6];
        printf("1 %s,2 %s,3 %s,4 %s,5 %s,6 %s,7 %s",&A,&B,&C,&D,&E,&F,&G);
        return 0;
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 76

Answers (1)

zneak
zneak

Reputation: 138171

Use %c and A-G instead of %s and &A-&G.

%s is the printf format for strings, and %c is the printf format for characters.

A C string is the memory address of a sequence of characters that is terminated by the special character '\0'. buf is a string, but A through G are just one character each and their address can't be treated as a string.

Upvotes: 4

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