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Old 12-18-2009
Array of char
I'm doing some coding in C++

Want to have a long empty string like below

Code:
const char   ModMisfit :: DelStr[]  = "\r                                                                      \r";

However due to the long blank the line is very long. Is there any way to avoid this and keep the code width to around 80 characters.
# 2  
Old 12-18-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by kristinu
I'm doing some coding in C++

Want to have a long empty string like below

Code:
const char   ModMisfit :: DelStr[]  = "\r                                                                      \r";

However due to the long blank the line is very long. Is there any way to avoid this and keep the code width to around 80 characters.
Hello
why dont you do a simple
Code:
char foo[80]={0}; //initialize all to 0s

# 3  
Old 12-18-2009
How about the \r. I am trying to write some stuff on the terminal when I run the program but then gets removed.

---------- Post updated at 04:20 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:13 PM ----------

Doing just like that did not work


I intend to first do

Code:
cerr << "info";

then

Code:
cerr << DelStr;

to remove what was written.
# 4  
Old 12-21-2009
How about this:

#include <stdio.h>

Code:
int
main()
{
    char s[] = "Really "
                  "long "
                  "string ";

    printf("s = %s\n", s);
}

Here is a quote from KnR:
Quote:
String constants can be concatenated at compile time:
"hello, " "world"
is equivalent to
"hello, world"
This is useful for splitting up long strings across several source lines.
Does this help ?
# 5  
Old 12-22-2009
that would do
Last edited by gaurav1086; 12-22-2009 at 08:39 AM..
# 6  
Old 12-22-2009
With regard to the OP:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  char *a="12345678"
          "9 10 11 12";
  printf("%s\n", a);
  return 0;
}

is a feature of C for the very problem the OP stated.
Code:
const char   ModMisfit :: DelStr[]  
                           = "\r                              "
                             "                                       \r";

Oddball features like this, trigraphs, and alternate tokens (C++ only) that relate to keyboard and console limitations exist mainly so that you can enter and read source on an old tty ~ the ones with limited keyboards, and limited "terminal" width - usually a piece of paper.
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