Is the first character in a string a letter?

[Frank]

There must be an easier way then what I'm doing to determine if the first
character in a string is a valid letter.

My code is getting to big. There must be a better way.

Thanks in advance

[Frank]

I should have given you one more line of code

ComboBox_GetTex t(GetDlgItem( hDlg, IDC_N_USERNAME) , szTmpStr,
SIZE_OF_USER_NA ME);

strcpy_s(szTmpS tr2,72,szTmpStr );

strcat_s(szTmpS tr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows leaves
something

while (isspace(*szTmp Str2)) szTmpStr2++; //Error 1 error C2105: '++' needs
l-value

if( !isalpha(szTmpS tr2[0]))


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>I'm doing plain C
Can you see what is wrong with the while statement
ComboBox_GetTe xt(GetDlgItem( hDlg, IDC_N_USERNAME) , szTmpStr,
SIZE_OF_USER_N AME);

strcpy_s(szTmp Str2,72,szTmpSt r);

strcat_s(szTmp Str2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows
leaves something

while (iswspace(*szTm pStr2)) szTmpStr2++; //Error 1 error C2105: '++'
needs l-value

char *p = szTmpStr2;
while (iswspace(*p)) p++;

[Nathan Mates]

In article <eH************ **@TK2MSFTNGP02 .phx.gbl>,
Frank <fr***@a-znet.comwrote:

>strcpy_s(szTmp Str2,72,szTmpSt r);
strcat_s(szTmp Str2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows leaves
something
while (isspace(*szTmp Str2)) szTmpStr2++; //Error 1 error C2105: '++' needs
l-value

Make a pointer, then ++ it. For example:

char* pStart = &szTempStr2[0];
while(isSpace(* pStart)) ++pStart;

At the end, pStart is a pointer to some memory (WITHIN szTempStr2)
that has the string minus any leading spaces. Copy that off to another
buffer if you want.

Nathan Mates
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[Frank]

Thanks
"Nathan Mates" <na****@visi.co mwrote in message
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In article <eH************ **@TK2MSFTNGP02 .phx.gbl>,
Frank <fr***@a-znet.comwrote:

>>strcpy_s(szTm pStr2,72,szTmpS tr);
strcat_s(szTm pStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows
leaves
something
while (isspace(*szTmp Str2)) szTmpStr2++; //Error 1 error C2105: '++' needs
l-value

Make a pointer, then ++ it. For example:

char* pStart = &szTempStr2[0];
while(isSpace(* pStart)) ++pStart;

At the end, pStart is a pointer to some memory (WITHIN szTempStr2)
that has the string minus any leading spaces. Copy that off to another
buffer if you want.

Nathan Mates
--
<*Nathan Mates - personal webpage http://www.visi.com/~nathan/
# Programmer at Pandemic Studios -- http://www.pandemicstudios.com/
# NOT speaking for Pandemic Studios. "Care not what the neighbors
# think. What are the facts, and to how many decimal places?" -R.A.
Heinlein