CF> >If you are a C++ newbie, you'd better not use these C string functi
CF> >if you don't have to. Use the string class.
CF> Hmm.. well.. the book I'm using (Instant C++ Programming) isn't a C
I  don't  know  the  book.  But  if it's no more than a few years old,
there's no excuse for  teaching  using  char  arrays  instead  of  the
Standard string class.
I'd suggest that you just skip the "string" stuff in the book.
Thomas
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 þ MM 1.0 #0113 þ To err is human.  To really screw it up takes a computer!
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