not displaying 1 character

[SteveCRM]

for(i=1; i<=sizeof(big); i++)  {
if(big[0] == '*')  {
StartCopy == true;
//MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, "COPY = TRUE!", "Copy Test", MB_OK);
}
else if(StartCopy == true)  {
linkURL[holder] = big[i];
holder++;
}
//MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, linkURL, "linkURL", MB_OK);
}
MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, big[1], "big", MB_OK);
SearchMode=3;

heres a block of my code...why does the messagebox displaying big[1] show a whole string starting from 1???? I only want to use that character

[kedaman]

a char is not a c style string, a c style string is a character array that is null terminated. Copy the char into a string buffer of 2 chars with second char=0

[SteveCRM]

didn't know that...thanks ked I'll give that a go!

[SteveCRM]

having some trouble, could anyone stear me in the right direction?

char test;
bool StartCopy = false;
int holder = 1;
for i=1; i<=sizeof(big); i++)  {
     test = big[1];
     if(test == '*')  {
          StartCopy == true;
          MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, "COPY = TRUE!", "Copy Test", MB_OK);
     }
     else if(StartCopy == true)  {
          linkURL[holder] = big[i];
          holder++;
     }
     //MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, linkURL, "linkURL", MB_OK);
}
//MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, &test, "test", MB_OK);

I can't get it to check if the first character is a *...I want the "Copy Test" messagebox to pop up.

[HarryW]

Arrays are indexed starting from 0. So the first letter is big[0].

[SteveCRM]

doesn't get the messagebox to show up (i know there is a * in the string...but im checking with the loop to see if its the character Im on)

[abdul]

Try declaring the test char as:

char *test; 

[HarryW]

char test;
bool StartCopy = false;
int holder = 1;
for i=1; i<=sizeof(big); i++)  {
     test = big[1];                    // point A
     if(test == '*')  {
          StartCopy == true;
          MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, "COPY = TRUE!", "Copy Test", MB_OK);
     }
     else if(StartCopy == true)  {
          linkURL[holder] = big[i];
          holder++;
     }
     //MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, linkURL, "linkURL", MB_OK);
}
//MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, &test, "test", MB_OK);

Look at the bit of the code I have commented with 'point A'. You are assigning big[1] to the variable 'test' every time in the loop. big[1] is the second letter in the string, so you will always be checking the second letter. If you were intending to check every letter with that loop you should check big[ i ], or if you want to check the first letter, you should check big[0].

Try this:

char test;
bool StartCopy = false;
int holder = 1;
for i=1; i<=sizeof(big); i++)  {
     test = big[ i ];                    // point A - changed to big[ i ]
     if(test == '*')  {
          StartCopy == true;
          MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, "COPY = TRUE!", "Copy Test", MB_OK);
     }
     else if(StartCopy == true)  {
          linkURL[holder] = big[i];
          holder++;
     }
     //MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, linkURL, "linkURL", MB_OK);
}
//MessageBox(ghWnd_Main, &test, "test", MB_OK);