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Dark GDK / need a strcat() replacement

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Mr Snuggles
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Posted: 29th Mar 2005 15:17
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For some reason I had the idea that I would be able to save the directory I keep all of my media in in a char array and use that with strcat() to load objects so I would only have to type out the filename each time I loaded the object instead of the whole directory. But I forgot that strcat() alters the directory string when it's used. Is there a similar function I can use that appends one string to another and returns the result, but doesn't alter the input string?

Thanks in advance.

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billy the kid
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Posted: 29th Mar 2005 15:29
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If you use a STL string, I believe you can simply do:

std::string result = rootString + extraString;

You should probably double check with a C++ reference though as Im not 100% sure about this. However I think using STL string will make string manipulation easier for you in general.
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IanM
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Posted: 29th Mar 2005 22:33
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Yay! An STL user. This is one way (the better way) to do it.

An alternative, if you want to use non-C++ techniques:


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billy the kid
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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 00:39
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lol
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Mr Snuggles
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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 12:41
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I'm looking for a nice, neat function that takes two char strings as input and returns a char string without actually altering either inputs.

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IanM
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Then just convert the C code above to a function



You still need to remember to free the returned string when you are done with it

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Mr Snuggles
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M'kay, thank you. ^_^

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