Friday, 28 December 2018

STRINGS


STRINGS


1-D character Arrays
Like an integer array, a group of characters can be stored in a character array. These character arrays are often called as strings. A string is an array of characters. A string is a nothing but a collection of characters.
The string science would be stored as

S
C
I
E
N
C
E
\0
\0 – Null indicates the end of the string.

Defining a 1-D character Array:
                                   Char st[20];
The above statement tells the compiler to reserve sufficient amount of space to store 20 characters and specify a name st to the entire collection.

Initialization of 1-D character array:
Char st[]={‘v’,’I’,’k’,’r’,’a’,’m’};
                                   Or
Char st[]=”vikram”;

Reading/printing a group of characters
#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
char st[30];
clrscr();
printf("Enter the name:");
scanf("%s”, st);
printf("The entered name is:%s “,st)ed name is:%s "rs character array:reserve sufficient amount of space to store 20 characters and specify a name st to hte
}
Output
Enter a name: Mahesh Babu
Babu

The %s format specifier in the scanf() keeps on reading the characters until it encounters a whitespace character(space/tab spcae/enter key) and place a special character called as null character at the end of the string. The %s format in scanf( ) can accept only single word. So the above output. gets( ) is an exclusive function for reading strings. Puts( ) is a function which prints the given string.
#include<stdio.h>
void main( )
{
                                   char na[30];
                                   printf("Enter the name:");
                                   gets(na);
                                   printf("%s",na);
}

Output
Enter a name: Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu
The common operations performed on character strings are:
  1. Reading & Printing Strings
  2. Combining 2 strings together
  3. Copying 1 string into another
  4. Comparing 2 strings etc.
We can perform these operations through string functions which are defined by c and defined in <string.h> header file

String Handling Using String Library Functions
Some of the predefined string functions are:
1. strlen ( ) : this function is used to find out the length of the string.
Syntax:                       strlen(var_name);
Ex:                              char name="mahesh"
                                   strlen(name);   //it returns 6
//program for finding the string length
#include<string.h>
#include<stdio.h>
void main( )
{
                                   char na[30];
                                   int l;
                                   printf("Enter the name:");
                                   gets(name);
                                   l=strlen(name);
                                   printf("Length of the string is ...%d",l);
}
Output
Enter the name: gayatri
Length of the string is…7

2. strcpy ( ) : this function is used to copy string from one into another string.
Syntax:                       strcpy(target_string,source_string);
Ex:                              strcpy(str2,str1);      
//program for copying one string into the other string
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
void main( )
{
                                   char source[30],target[30];
                                   printf("Enter the name:");
                                   gets(source);
                                   strcpy(target,source);
                                   printf("Source String is...%s\n",source);
                                   printf("Target String is...%s\n",target);
}
Output
Enter the name: gayatri
Source String is…gayatri
Target String is…gayatri

3. strrev ( ) : this function is used to reverse the given string.
                                   Syntax: strrev(string);
                                   ex: strrev(str1);        
//program for reversing string
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
void main( )
{
                                   char source[30];
                                   printf("Enter the name:");
                                   gets(source);
                                   strrev(source);
                                   printf("Reverse String is...%s\n",source);
}
Output
Enter the name: gayatri
Reverse String is...irtayag

4. strcmp ( ) : this function is used to compare the given two string.
                                   Syntax: strcmp(str1,str2);
                                   ex: strcmp(str1,str2);         
//program for comparing string
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
void main( )
{
                                   char source[30],dest[30];
                                   int n;
                                   printf("Enter the source name:");
                                   gets(source);
                                   printf("\nEnter the destination name:");
                                   gets(dest);
                                   n=strcmp(source,dest);        //if it is same it returns 0 otherwise -1
                                   if(n==0)
                                      printf("The given 2 strings are same");
                                   else
                                      printf("The given 2 strings are not same");
}
Output
Enter the source name: gayatri
Enter the destination name: gayatri
The given 2 strings are same
Enter the source name: gayatri
Enter the destination name: vidya
The given 2 strings are not same

5. strcat ( ) : this function is used to combine the given two string.
                                   Syntax: strcat(str1,str2);
                                   Ex: strcat(str1,str2);
//program for concatenating 2 strings
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
void main( )
{
          char first[30],second[30],combine[30];
          printf("Enter the first name:");
          gets(first);
          printf("\nEnter the second name:");
          gets(second);
strcpy(combine,first);       // first copy first name
                                                into combine
          strcat(combine,second);   //now add second
                                                          name to combine
          printf("First Name:%s",first);
          printf("Second Name:%s",second);
          printf("Combined Name:%s",combine);
}
Output
Enter the first name: gayatri
Enter the second name: vidya
Combined Name: gayatrividya

6. strlwr( ): it converts given string into lowercase
                                   Syntax: strlwr("GVP");

7. strupr( ):  it converts given string into uppercase
                                   Syntax: strupr("gvp");

A palindrome is nothing but when a name is given if its reversed the reversed name should be same to the given number. Ex: Liril, Malayalam

/* String Palindrome using string functions */
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
main()
{
                                   char str[50],str1[50];
                                   int n;
                                   clrscr();
                                   printf("Enter the string:");
                                   gets(str);
                                   strcpy(str1,str);                  //string copying
                                   strrev(str1);                        //string reversing
                                   n=strcmp(str1,str);             //string comparison
                                   if(n==0)
                                      printf("\ngiven string is palindrome");
                                   else
                                      printf("\ngiven string is not palindrome");
                                   getch();
}
Output:
Enter the string: liril
given string is palindrome

/* String Palindrome without using string functions */
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
main()
{
          char str[50],str1[50];
          int flag=0,i,l=0,j;
          clrscr();
          printf("Enter the string:");
          gets(str);
          for(i=0;str[i]!='\0';i++)
                   l++;                                 /* length of the given string */

          for(i=0,j=l-1;j>=0;i++,j--)
                   str1[j]=str[i];                   /* reversing the string */

          for(i=0;i<l;i++)
          {
                   if(str1[i]==str[i])               /* str contains the given string */
                             continue;               /*str1 contains the reverse string */
                   else                                 /* comparing 2 strings */
                             flag=1;
          }
          if(flag==0)
                   printf("\ngiven string is palindrome");
          else
                   printf("\ngiven string is not palindrome");
          getch();
}

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