Parse from char array to an char pointer in c++

Question

I have a problem in my code. I want to parse a char array to an char pointer; How can i do it?

Example code :

char tmp[1000];
char *temp;

gets(tmp);

How can i parse the char tmp into char *temp?

Regards,

If you are programming in C++, stop using character arrays and pointers for strings. And never ever use `gets`. — Some programmer dude, May 07 '15 at 12:03
As for your question, what do you mean by "parse the char tmp"? Parse how? Read from standard input into the `tmp` array? Something else? — Some programmer dude, May 07 '15 at 12:04
You want `temp=tmp;` or `temp=strdup(tmp);`, if I'm not mistaken. — Spikatrix, May 07 '15 at 12:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '15 at 12:06

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If you mean, to point temp to tmp, this should work.

char tmp[1000];
char *temp;
temp = &tmp[0];

If you want to copy, you may need to do some more work.

answered May 07 '15 at 12:06

Praneeth Peiris

@DanielBoyMarpaung : Then mark the problem as solved. :) – Praneeth Peiris May 07 '15 at 12:09

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