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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Quick Question - Strings
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Date: 13 Dec 90 18:30:37 GMT
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In article <90347.101213CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu> CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate) writes:
>Careful here:  remember, the Mac expects to see Pascal-style strings most of
>the time (for example, when using DrawString() to write them into a window)
>instead of C-style strings.  So, you might have to do something like
>
>     strcpy(test, "\pHello");     /* \p indicates a Pascal string */

NONONONONONONONONO!

"A string beginning with "\p" or "\P" is a Pascal string. It is not terminated
with a null byte".  That strcpy can copy tons of characters and write all over
memory.  Try

strncpy(test, "\pHello", 6);
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