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erase file and create a random string

Nov 4th, 2007

I have some problems:
- How can I erase a file?
- How can I create a random string has 8 letters?
This is my code to create a random string has 8 letters:

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    char    *b="";
    int        i,j;
    FILE    *f=fopen(file,"w");
    for(i=0;i<4;i++)
    {       for(j=0;j<7;j++)
             *b+=char(random(27)+65);
             fprintf(f,"%s\n",&b);
    }    
    fclose(f);
    char    *b="";
    int        i,j;
    FILE    *f=fopen(file,"w");
    for(i=0;i<4;i++)
    {       for(j=0;j<7;j++)
             *b+=char(random(27)+65);
             fprintf(f,"%s\n",&b);
    }    
    fclose(f);

But the result is wrong
Thank you!

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Re: erase file and create a random string

Nov 4th, 2007

One huge problem is pointer b only points to a one-byte empty string which can not be expanded. Since you want a string of 8 characters then you have to allocate memory for it something like this char b[9] = {0}; . That will allocate memory for 8 characters plus a null terminator, and initialize all of them with 0.

Last edited by Ancient Dragon; Nov 4th, 2007 at 9:34 am.

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