7 String utilities
It’s often said, and rightly so, that the C programming language lacks a string data type. Such a thing would be nice. It would be easier to guarantee that every string in a program is bona fide and that all string functions work cleanly without flaw. But such claims are untrue. A string in C is a character array, weakly typed, and easy for any C programmer to screw up.
Yes, handy string functions exist in C. A crafty coder can easily cobble together any string function, imitating what’s available in some other, loftier programming language but lacking in C. Still, any creative approach to handling an absent string function in C still must deal with the language’s myopic perception of the string concept. Therefore, some extra ...
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