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From: ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (lanett mark)
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Subject: Re: Str255 in C
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Date: 13 Jan 91 21:03:27 GMT
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jeffb@cs.fau.edu (Jeffrey Boser) writes:

>this might seem like a stupid question, but it has been stumping me for
>some time:

>how do I assign a string constant to a variable of type Str255?

>ie:
>        {
>        Str255 s;

>        s = "\pThis wont work.";
>        }


>.....Jeff

In C the name of an array is actually a pointer to it, so if you _did_
assign "names" you would really only be assigning the pointer (i.e. a=b will 
make a and b both point to b, while real string a is lost).

Use strcpy (in <String.h>): strcpy (a, "This is a string");
I'm not sure doing this with a p-str will work, since it may not have the
requisite 0-byte at the end of the string. Try
strcpy (s, "This will work.");
CToPStr (s); (spelling may be wrong)

CToPStr converts the string _in place_.

Mark Lanett