C++ strcpy [SIMPLE]

[Richard Grant]

#define EXIT_PASSPHRASE "exit"

...

//This would work instead of the next to lines but its depreciated
//char *exit_passphrase_ = EXIT_PASSPHRASE; //Works

char *exit_passphrase_ = new char(bufsize);
strcpy(exit_passphrase_, EXIT_PASSPHRASE); // THE PROBLEM IS HERE

...

While(strncmp(buffer, exit_passphrase_, bufsize) != 0){ //working

}

Why is my strcpy not setting the exit_passphrase_ to the EXIT_PASSPHRASE? What am i doing wrong?

[simplezz]

It should be noted that the code you're writing isn't really C++ except calling 'new'. You could just as easily replace that with malloc, and you'd be writing pure C.

char *phrase = malloc ( bufsize ); /* allocate memory on the heap */

char phrase [bufsize]; /* allocate on stack */

Both of those are all C. No C++ involved.

[Richard Grant]

I would imagine i would need to cast the Definition but how would i cast it to a string?

[simplezz]

char *exit_passphrase_ = new char(bufsize);
strcpy(exit_passphrase_, EXIT_PASSPHRASE); // THE PROBLEM IS HERE

Because you're not creating an array on the heap as far as I can tell.

char phrase [bufsize];

or

char *phrase = new char [bufsize];

Will probably do the trick.

[Richard Grant]

It should be noted that the code you're writing isn't really C++ except calling 'new'. You could just as easily replace that with malloc, and you'd be writing pure C.

 

char *phrase = malloc ( bufsize ); /* allocate memory on the heap */

char phrase [bufsize]; /* allocate on stack */

Both of those are all C. No C++ involved.

 

 

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