Tag Archives: library

Standard String Library functions in string.h in C

Posted by R on
FUNCTION USE
strlen Finds the length of the string.
strlwr Converts string to lower case.
strupr Converts string to upper case.
strcat Appends one string at end of another.
strncat Appends first n characters of a string at end of another.
strcpy Copies a string to another.
strncpy Copies first n characters of a string into another.
strcmp Compares two strings
strncmp Compares first n characters of two strings.
strcmpi Compares two strings without regards to case.
stricmp Compares two strings without regards to case.
strnicmp Compares first n characters of a string without regards to case.
strdup Duplicates a string.
strchr Finds first occurrence of a given character in a string.
strrchr Finds last occurrence of a given character in a string.
strstr Finds first occurrence of a given string in a string.
strset Sets all characters of a string to given character.

 
strnset Sets first n characters of a string to given character.
strrev Reverses the string.
   

Adding Functions to Library in C

Posted by R on

This might be known to many but  I recently tried it and got it working.

Suppose you make a function in C(for example here we take a simple function which calculates the square of a number).

Its a fairly simple one and I want to add in in a library thus making its reuse possible.

(Please note I am taking a very simple scenario because the actual program is not the point of focus here, but the procedure is)

The function:

int square(int n)

{

return n*n;

}

Compile the file:

Compile the file in which you have written this function. Lets call it “sqr.c”. A new file called “sqr.obj” is created contained compiled code.

Add the function to Library:

Add the function to the library “maths.lib” using the following command.

C:\>tlib maths.lib + c:\sqr.obj

Please note the paths. Your paths may be different than mine!

here, maths.lib is the library and + is a switch which indicates that we want to add a new function to the library and the object file is at the given path.

Header file:

Add the prototype of square() function in a header file (lets say “square.h”) This file should be included in the program where we want to use the function. we can use it as:

#include “c:\square.h”

Thats all !

Use the function and enjoy !!

Hope it helps.