Character Array.

scojones · 08-10-2004 11:28AM #1

I'm using getch() for user input, which returns the ascii value of the key that was pressed (an int value).
ENTER is defined as:
#define ENTER 0x0d
so i'm doing

while(c = getch() != ENTER) {
       inputchar[count] = (char) c;
       ++count;
}

say the user pressed 1 then 2 then enter, the array contains 1,2.
The problem that i'm having is i want to pass this 12 as an int to a subscript of another array. So how do i assign what's contained in the array, to an int?

Apologies if what i'm trying to do is not clear. I'm severly hungover :rolleyes:

Hagar · 08-10-2004 12:28PM

I don't program in that language however these generic methods should work,

Define an int var and set it to zero
If the array starts at count=0 as each key is pressed multiply the val(char) by 10 raised to power count and add to int var.
If it starts at count =1 multiply the val(char) by 10 raised to power count-1 and add to int var.
Int var should now be what you want.

or

Define a char var and set it to ""
As each key is pressed concatenate char var = char var + inputchar
when finished the val of the char var should be what you want.

Hope that helps.

scojones · 08-10-2004 01:37PM

problem sorted. there seemed to be a problem with
while (d=(char)getch() != ENTER) so i changed it to while(d != ENTER) and did
d=(char)getch() in the while loop. anyway it's sorted, here's the fixed code.

#include <winbgim.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define ENTER 0x0d

int main(){
    int count=0;
    char input_char[256];
    int e;
    char d;
    initwindow(1200,700);
    while(d != ENTER)
    {
        d=(char)getch();
        input_char[count] = d;
        ++count;
    
    }
    
    e = atoi(input_char);
    printf("%d",e);
    getch();
}

so i can pass e to the array i want.

Character Array.

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