I have had to move a string type field like a parameter to a field like this,
Jobn char[40]; memset(Jobn,'0',sizeof(Jobn)); strcpy(Jobn,xxxxx); Otherwise strcmp fails, where xxxxx is the parameter string Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:05 PM, retired mainframer <retired-mainfra...@q.com> wrote: > The construct > char x[3] = "ABC"; > will legally initialize an array of char without adding the '\0'. The only > restriction is that this is not a string. > > :>: -----Original Message----- > :>: From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > :>: Behalf Of John Gilmore > :>: Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:02 AM > :>: To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > :>: Subject: Re: Strings (hijacked from: The IBM zEnterprise EC12 > :>: announcment) > :>: > :>: If you construct an array by initializing it element by element you > :>: get an array, one that is not nul-delimited or 'of conceptually > :>: unlimited length', whatever that may mean. > :>: > :>: If you construct a string by initializing a character array with a > :>: string, you get a nul-delimited string implemented under the > :>: hood|bonnet as an array. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
