From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: getkey()
Date: 19 Oct 2001 16:16:14 GMT
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Bart van den Burg <bart AT bart99 DOT tmfweb DOT nl> wrote:
> hi

> I've got a problem with this function:

> --------------------------------
> void playGame() {
>  char x;
>  char y;
>  x = getkey();
>  char buffer[2];
        ^^^^^^^^^^ This buffer is probably too short for what you're
trying to do. At the very least, you should limit the maximal output
width of your sprintf() format accordingly.

>  sprintf(buffer, "%d", char(x));

You don't show what function "char" is. 

And I'm quite sure you don't want the code number of the character you
input, as a decimal string, which is what this sprintf() call will give 
you. What you want would be much easier to do like this:

	buffer[0] = x;
	buffer[1] = '\0';

This makes the string in "buffer" read "1", if you typed '1'.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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