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General Reed
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if u do this
extension = dbRight(filename, length - (currentPosition + 1));

then it wont exit

but if u do this

then it will exit

ive checked that in the first one extension is equal to a lower case x

and in both cases, they have a length of one

What am i doing wrong here?

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Sephnroth
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Posted: 27th Jan 2008 18:28
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its not really safe to compare strings that way. a much better idea would be to use strcmp() - heres how to use it:

http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/cstring/strcmp.html


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General Reed
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Great! thanks

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monotonic
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Posted: 28th Jan 2008 14:58
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Or even safer use s_strcmp.

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General Reed
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Why is it actualy "unsafe" in the firstplace?

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buffer overflow , probably
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Benjamin
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It's not a case of it being unsafe, it's that what you're expecting it does isn't actually what it does. When you compare strings like that, you're actually comparing pointers. Consequently, this is useless unless you want to see if both pointers are the same, which you don't. You want to check if the data behind the pointers is the same. This is what you use strcmp() for.

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General Reed
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Oh ok thanks!

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monotonic
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Quote: "buffer overflow , probably"


Precisely, they be very dangerous indeed aaarrrghh

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monotonic
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You may as well just use std::string for everything, makes life easier.

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Zotoaster
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It is easier at first, but char* is more.. I dunno how to put it.. flexible

I use std::string for things only when I need to do things like appending the string, etc.

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True, char* are more flexible but like you say when performing string related tasks the std::string is easier.

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Benjamin
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Quote: "Though you can simply cast it to a string, e.g"

It's possible, but a null pointer will cause a crash. And it's not a terribly efficient thing to do either.

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