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On 06 Oct 96, Joshua Marshall wrote to Paul Wankadia -- PW> My input routine requires that the programmer pass (as a parameter) the PW> maximum length of the string : PW> int Get_Input(char *, int, Idle_Ptr = Idle, int = 0, char * = "\x00"); JM> My suggestion would be to declare the function to return a char * JM> rather than an int. This way it doesn't matter how big the array is JM> since you're not copying to it. EH? Please explain what you mean in that last sentence (I don't quite get what you're trying to say) ...? Chow. Junyer Hakker. --- PPoint 2.00* Origin: Junyer's Workshop (3:640/772.3) SEEN-BY: 50/99 620/243 623/630 640/201 206 216 217 222 230 238 254 297 305 SEEN-BY: 640/309 370 375 386 531 535 547 739 750 772 773 820 821 822 823 890 SEEN-BY: 640/895 690/660 711/409 410 413 430 808 809 932 934 712/515 713/888 SEEN-BY: 714/906 800/1 @PATH: 640/772 531 201 820 711/409 808 934 |
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