write a function begins(string1, string2) that reurns true if string1 begins string2. Write a program to test the function. program:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>

char begins(char sentence1[],char sentence2[])
{
int i,j=0;

for(i=0;sentence1!='\0';++i)
{
if(sentence1==sentence2)
j=j+1;
else
if(j==i)
printf("True\n");
}

return(0);
}

int main()
{
int i, j=0;
char string1[100],string2[100];
printf("Enter a sentence:\n");
fgets(string1,sizeof(string1),stdin);
sscanf(string1,"%c",&string1);
printf("Enter a second sentence:\n");
fgets(string2,sizeof(string2),stdin);
sscanf(string2,"%c",&string2);
/*uses the function for the strings below*/
begins(string1,string2);
return(0);
}

i dont know what to do, theres something wrong with my function. Any help would be great. thanks!

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How do you know that it doesn't work if you don't use the return value? :rolleyes: Try something like this:

int begins ( const char s1[], const char s2[] )
{
  int i;

  for ( i = 0; s1[i] != '\0'; i++ ) {
    if ( s1[i] != s2[i] )
      return 0;
  }

  return 1;
}

Of course, now (as if you didn't before) you have an issue where s2 might be shorter than s1, I'll leave that fix to you.

whats the reason for defining s1 and s2 as constants?

>whats the reason for defining s1 and s2 as constants?
Does the function modify either s1 or s2? No, so why not let the compiler tell you if you make a mistake and try to change either of them? It's surprisingly easy to type = instead of !=, you know. Why make programming harder than it already is? Are you a masochist? ;)

cool, thanks a bunch.

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