Hi. > I have this nagging feeling, though, that there may be a > better way to write this program since C is not as good at > string manipulation as some other languages. In my program, you > have to do a lot of grunt work just to be sure that the 15TH > field really is the 15TH field in the string one is sending out.
Why not use regular expressions? It's included in the GNU C lib. Not as nice as in Perl, but it works: #include <regex.h> Regards, Hartwig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201108301840.18535.hartwig.atr...@arcor.de