On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Ken Bloom wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:25:47 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [vox-tech] [C newbie]C program is acting weird...
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Ryan wrote:
> >
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> > > for some reason this is spitting out 3 char responses once in a
> > while, anyone
> > > have any ideas? I don't know much C, this is just some code I modified.
[...]
> > > char *randusername()
> > > {
> > > char *string;
> >
> > You have not initialized space to put the characters that this string
> > points to, so you are putting them in, ah, unpredictable locations in
> > memory. The behavior of the program after you write to string[0] is
> > undefined. I would recommend "static char string[ MAX_LEN+1 ]".
[...]
> > > if (string = malloc(length + 2), string == NULL)
> > > return NULL;
>
> Why do you assume he doesn't know what he's doing with that char* string.
> Did you look farther down to see the malloc()? If he changed the code as you
> suggest, it would break instantly.
Mea culpa. Sorry!
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