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

[Brian Muth]

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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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.

Anything wrong with isalpha(s[0]) ?

Brian

[Frank]

The only thing wrong with it is that I couldn't find it

thanks

"Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.orgwrote in message
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" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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>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.

Anything wrong with isalpha(s[0]) ?

Brian

[Frank]

While I was at it I should have asked you about trimming a string of leading
white space.

Is there a easy way?

I've been searching the doc and the internet but can't find anything.

Thanks again
"Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.orgwrote in message
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" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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>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.

Anything wrong with isalpha(s[0]) ?

Brian

[Frank]

I found something to try
" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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While I was at it I should have asked you about trimming a string of
leading white space.

Is there a easy way?

I've been searching the doc and the internet but can't find anything.

Thanks again
"Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.orgwrote in message
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" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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>>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.

Anything wrong with isalpha(s[0]) ?

Brian

[David Wilkinson]

Frank wrote:

While I was at it I should have asked you about trimming a string of leading
white space.

Is there a easy way?

I've been searching the doc and the internet but can't find anything.

Frank:

If you are using CString then there is TrimLeft().

David Wilkinson

[Frank]

I'm doing plain C
Can you see what is wrong with the while statement
ComboBox_GetText(GetDlgItem( hDlg, IDC_N_USERNAME), szTmpStr,
SIZE_OF_USER_NAME);

strcpy_s(szTmpStr2,72,szTmpStr);

strcat_s(szTmpStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows leaves
something

while (iswspace(*szTmpStr2)) szTmpStr2++; //Error 1 error C2105: '++' needs
l-value
if( !isalpha(szTmpStr2[0])) //check the first character
Thanks for the reply
"David Wilkinson" <no******@effisols.comwrote in message
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Frank wrote:

>While I was at it I should have asked you about trimming a string of
leading white space.

Is there a easy way?

I've been searching the doc and the internet but can't find anything.

Frank:

If you are using CString then there is TrimLeft().

David Wilkinson

[Brian Muth]

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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The only thing wrong with it is that I couldn't find it

thanks

Couldn't find it? Have you heard of Google by any chance?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...z8(VS.80).aspx

Brian

[Brian Muth]

" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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I'm doing plain C
Can you see what is wrong with the while statement
ComboBox_GetText(GetDlgItem( hDlg, IDC_N_USERNAME), szTmpStr,
SIZE_OF_USER_NAME);

strcpy_s(szTmpStr2,72,szTmpStr);

strcat_s(szTmpStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows
leaves something

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

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

[Frank]

I'm constantly on it
Knowing the correct thing to search for is the trick to not getting 10
million hits

"Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.orgwrote in message
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" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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>The only thing wrong with it is that I couldn't find it

thanks

Couldn't find it? Have you heard of Google by any chance?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...z8(VS.80).aspx

Brian

[Frank]

I should have given you one more line of code

ComboBox_GetText(GetDlgItem( hDlg, IDC_N_USERNAME), szTmpStr,
SIZE_OF_USER_NAME);

strcpy_s(szTmpStr2,72,szTmpStr);

strcat_s(szTmpStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows leaves
something

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

if( !isalpha(szTmpStr2[0]))


"Brian Muth" <bm***@mvps.orgwrote in message
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" Frank" <fr***@a-znet.comwrote in message
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>I'm doing plain C
Can you see what is wrong with the while statement
ComboBox_GetText(GetDlgItem( hDlg, IDC_N_USERNAME), szTmpStr,
SIZE_OF_USER_NAME);

strcpy_s(szTmpStr2,72,szTmpStr);

strcat_s(szTmpStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows
leaves something

while (iswspace(*szTmpStr2)) 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(szTmpStr2,72,szTmpStr);
strcat_s(szTmpStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows leaves
something
while (isspace(*szTmpStr2)) 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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# Programmer at Pandemic Studios -- http://www.pandemicstudios.com/
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# think. What are the facts, and to how many decimal places?" -R.A. Heinlein

[Frank]

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

>>strcpy_s(szTmpStr2,72,szTmpStr);
strcat_s(szTmpStr2,72, "5"); //Make sure the strip code that follows
leaves
something
while (isspace(*szTmpStr2)) 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