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03/03/10 07:52
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 		 #173768 - Strings in 'C' *must* be NUL-terminated
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Jan Waclawek said:
The fundamental point mentioned by Andy above is, that strings in C are terminated by a zero character.

Hmm... when does "not being mysterious" become "spoon-feeding"...?!

;-)

It is left as an exercise for the student to consider what happens when the NUL termination is missing...


Note that this is standard 'C' stuff - nothing specific to Keil or the 8051 at all.
See: http://www.8052.com/forum/read/173659
And: http://www.8052.com/forum/read/173670

List of 35 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Problem with strings in C            01/01/70 00:00      
   You missed a fundamental point on how 'C' does strings            01/01/70 00:00      
      I think you don't need to be mysterious here, Andy            01/01/70 00:00      
         Strings in 'C' *must* be NUL-terminated            01/01/70 00:00      
   A little whitespace goes a long way            01/01/70 00:00      
   conversion on top of conversion            01/01/70 00:00      
      Null termination            01/01/70 00:00      
         Think about it...            01/01/70 00:00      
         so is your problem solved or not?            01/01/70 00:00      
            "lucky" or "unlucky"?            01/01/70 00:00      
               rather            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Yes - that's what I meant!            01/01/70 00:00      
            That, in fact, IS it            01/01/70 00:00      
               how true            01/01/70 00:00      
               Debugger != Simulator            01/01/70 00:00      
               if that is true, find another job!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Does Keil initialise non-static data?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     the very first thing ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        this is not the case..            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Mr C hater:            01/01/70 00:00      
                              this IS part of the C-hatred            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 but you do            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    and what are the unzeroed values, then?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       I have no idea            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Many Reasons for not clearing (all of) RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       I actually gave an example.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Another Example...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          what I wold do            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             I Elect to Totally Disagree            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                a reply            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   I'll take the time to reply when...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   It's too easy            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Auro variables are always undefined            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Seconded!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   makes assumptions?            01/01/70 00:00      

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