remove junk charecters

[Index]

Hi,
I am trying to compare a char* with an unsigned char*.I have type cast
the later to char*.Now the problem is, the unsigned char* is populated
with recv() function over the socket and sometimes it containes junk.I
need to compare the received message over the socket with a particular
charecter 'r' to terminate the entire process.
Any help will be highly appreciated.The code snippet and my output is
as follows:

if(!(strcmp(message,"q"))){
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

output screen:

The received message is :q©

Length of the received message 1
q©

** Though I typed q, the received message has a junk charecter at its
end and hence the comparison dosn't work.but sometimes after two/three
failed times, the string is without any junk charecter.

Thanks.

[Victor Bazarov]

Index wrote:

I am trying to compare a char* with an unsigned char*.I have type cast
the later to char*.Now the problem is, the unsigned char* is populated
with recv() function over the socket and sometimes it containes junk.I
need to compare the received message over the socket with a particular
charecter 'r' to terminate the entire process.
Any help will be highly appreciated.The code snippet and my output is
as follows:

if(!(strcmp(message,"q"))){
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

output screen:

The received message is :q©

Length of the received message 1
q©

** Though I typed q, the received message has a junk charecter at its
end and hence the comparison dosn't work.but sometimes after two/three
failed times, the string is without any junk charecter.

You need to use 'strncmp' or simply compare the first character of
the message:

if (message[0]=='q') {
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

Note the single quotes around the q.

V
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[Index]

but if the message starts with q but has more characters after it?If I
compare only teh first charecter, it will not be appropriate.
Victor Bazarov wrote:

Index wrote:

I am trying to compare a char* with an unsigned char*.I have type cast
the later to char*.Now the problem is, the unsigned char* is populated
with recv() function over the socket and sometimes it containes junk.I
need to compare the received message over the socket with a particular
charecter 'r' to terminate the entire process.
Any help will be highly appreciated.The code snippet and my output is
as follows:

if(!(strcmp(message,"q"))){
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

output screen:

The received message is :q©

Length of the received message 1
q©

** Though I typed q, the received message has a junk charecter at its
end and hence the comparison dosn't work.but sometimes after two/three
failed times, the string is without any junk charecter.

You need to use 'strncmp' or simply compare the first character of
the message:

if (message[0]=='q') {
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

Note the single quotes around the q.

V
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[Thomas J. Gritzan]

Victor Bazarov wrote:

>Index wrote:

[receiving data with recv, trying to compare with c-string]

>>** Though I typed q, the received message has a junk charecter at its
end and hence the comparison dosn't work.but sometimes after two/three
failed times, the string is without any junk charecter.

You need to use 'strncmp' or simply compare the first character of
the message:

if (message[0]=='q') {
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

Note the single quotes around the q.

Index wrote:

but if the message starts with q but has more characters after it?If I
compare only teh first charecter, it will not be appropriate.

Please don't top-post in this group. See the link in my signature.

The problem is, that you don't send/receive null-terminated strings. Either
null-terminate the received buffer before comparing, or compare with
strncmp and give as length parameter the number of received bytes.

--
Thomas
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

[Index]

Thanks.Its fixed.:)
Thomas J. Gritzan wrote:

Victor Bazarov wrote:

Index wrote:

[receiving data with recv, trying to compare with c-string]

>** Though I typed q, the received message has a junk charecter at its
end and hence the comparison dosn't work.but sometimes after two/three
failed times, the string is without any junk charecter.
You need to use 'strncmp' or simply compare the first character of
the message:

if (message[0]=='q') {
Close(clntSocket);
exit(0);
}

Note the single quotes around the q.

Index wrote:

but if the message starts with q but has more characters after it?If I
compare only teh first charecter, it will not be appropriate.

Please don't top-post in this group. See the link in my signature.

The problem is, that you don't send/receive null-terminated strings. Either
null-terminate the received buffer before comparing, or compare with
strncmp and give as length parameter the number of received bytes.

--
Thomas
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html