• ork (21/21) Jan 09 2004 With scanf you can't use the scanf result in D case !?!?!?
• Vathix (4/25) Jan 09 2004 You need to convert the buffer into a D string:
• C (5/26) Jan 09 2004 Try toString ? Im guessing the null terminator is included in name, thu...

ork <ork_member pathlink.com> writes:

With scanf you can't use the scanf result in D case !?!?!?


import std.c.stdio;

char[80] name;

printf("Yo! What's your name? ");
scanf("%s", &name);
printf("\nHey, %.*s, ", name);

// Give name, example John -> Never go in right Case (always Default!!!)

switch(name)
{
case "John":
printf("JOHN IS THE NAME!\n");
break;
case "Bill":
printf("BILL IS THE NAME!\n");
break;
case "Cindy":
printf("CINDY IS THE NAME!\n");
break;
default:
printf("Nobody\n");
}	

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

"ork" <ork_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
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 With scanf you can't use the scanf result in D case !?!?!?


 import std.c.stdio;

 char[80] name;

 printf("Yo! What's your name? ");
 scanf("%s", &name);
 printf("\nHey, %.*s, ", name);

 // Give name, example John -> Never go in right Case (always Default!!!)

 switch(name)
 {
 case "John":
 printf("JOHN IS THE NAME!\n");
 break;
 case "Bill":
 printf("BILL IS THE NAME!\n");
 break;
 case "Cindy":
 printf("CINDY IS THE NAME!\n");
 break;
 default:
 printf("Nobody\n");
 }

You need to convert the buffer into a D string:
std.string.toString(cast(char*)name)

"C" <dont respond.com> writes:

Try toString ?  Im guessing the null terminator is included in name, thus
not matching the compares( guessing though ).

C


"ork" <ork_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
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 With scanf you can't use the scanf result in D case !?!?!?


 import std.c.stdio;

 char[80] name;

 printf("Yo! What's your name? ");
 scanf("%s", &name);
 printf("\nHey, %.*s, ", name);

 // Give name, example John -> Never go in right Case (always Default!!!)

 switch(name)
 {
 case "John":
 printf("JOHN IS THE NAME!\n");
 break;
 case "Bill":
 printf("BILL IS THE NAME!\n");
 break;
 case "Cindy":
 printf("CINDY IS THE NAME!\n");
 break;
 default:
 printf("Nobody\n");
 }