Allocating char array using malloc

Yes, it’s a matter of style, because you’d expect sizeof(char) to always be one. On the other hand, it’s very much an idiom to use sizeof(foo) when doing a malloc, and most importantly it makes the code self documenting. Also better for maintenance, perhaps. If you were switching from char to wchar, you’d switch to … Read more

Error: “Access not within mapped region at address” (Valgrind)

i am having a probem with valgrind givin me an error saying “Access not within mapped region at address 0x8”. It then says “at 0x400606: append_linked_list (testing2.c:64) by 0x400563: main (testing2.c:32)”. Line 64 is list->tail->next = newNode;, and line 32 is just calling the function which line 64 is in append_linked_list(list, (void *) argv[i]);. When … Read more

How does the strtok function in C work? [duplicate]

I found this sample program which explains the strtok function: However, I don’t see how this is possible to work. How is it possible that pch = strtok (NULL, ” ,.-“); returns a new token. I mean, we are calling strtokwith NULL . This doesen’t make a lot sense to me.

C printing bits

You are calculating the result correctly, but you are not printing it right. Also you do not need a second loop: If you’d like to show off, you could replace the conditional with two exclamation points:

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‘sprintf’: double precision in C

From your question it seems like you are using C99, as you have used %lf for double. To achieve the desired output replace: with The general syntax “%A.B” means to use B digits after decimal point. The meaning of the A is more complicated, but can be read about here.

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