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Old 07-05-2004, 12:07 PM   #1
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Removing spaces from string

I am writing a C++ program where the user enters string that could contain spaces. I then need to use the string as a filename (I don't want spaces in a file name). How would I remove spaces and replace with and _ character?
 
Old 07-05-2004, 12:23 PM   #2
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simple....

int i=0;
while(string[i]!='\0')
{
if(string[i]==' ')
{
string[i]='_';
}
i++;
}
 
Old 07-05-2004, 12:27 PM   #3
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thanks
 
Old 07-05-2004, 12:35 PM   #4
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Code:
while((p=strchr(string,' '))!=NULL) *p='_';
 
  


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