replacing a white space with a plus sign in a string

[j420exe]

New to C: I have a string that is 35 characters long excluding the ():
(New City )
I would like to create a new string that looks like this:
(New+City+++++++++++++++++++++++++++)
How can I go about this?

 

[Zyrenthian]

the straight forward approach is this

void replaceSpaces(char* buffer,char replaceChar)
{
   for(int i = 0;i<strlen(buffer);i++)
   {
     if(buffer[i] == ' ')
            buffer[i]=replaceChar;
   }
}

Matt

 

[j420exe]

int i;
char buffer[] = "abc def";
char replaceChar[] = "+";

for(int i = 0;i<strlen(buffer);i++)
{
if(buffer == ' ')
buffer = replaceChar;
}

I am receiving an error when this line
buffer = replaceChar; is being executed. Is this line going to build the new string?

 

[abbeman]

Well, since you declare replaceChar as a string you cannot do:
buffer = replaceChar;

This would mean that you want to assign a pointer address to a character...I think what you want to do is this:
int i;
char buffer[] = &quot;abc def&quot;;
char replaceChar = '+';

for (i = 0; i < strlen(buffer); i++) {
if(buffer == ' ') {
buffer = replaceChar;
}
}

Note the difference between writing &quot;+&quot; and '+'. The first means &quot;the address of a string containing a plus and then a null-character&quot; and the second means &quot;a plus-character&quot;. There is a seemingly subtle, but crucial difference.

Happy hacking =)

 

[j420exe]

Thanks!!! That worked!!!