Programming in C, Fourth Edition

9. Character Strings

Now, you are ready to take a look at character strings in more detail. Data manipulation is the single-most important function your programs will perform. Numbers, in their various data formats, only cover half the story. You also need to deal with words, characters, and alphanumeric combinations of the two. Although the C language does not have a string data type like many other languages, you’ve already seen that a combination of the char data type and arrays can cover what you need. In addition, there are both library functions as well as routines you can write to manipulate string data. This chapter covers the basics, including

Understanding character arrays

Employing variable-length character arrays

Using escape characters ...