/*
Program to demonstrate string handling
Version 1.0 / 2001.09.01.
Peter Schindler pstrainer@gmx.net
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#define MAXLEN 1000

/*	Declaration of globals	*****************************/
void nchr (int repeat_n, char char_c, char into_x[]);
void addstrg(char from_a[],char and_b[],char into_c[]);

/*	Main program	*************************************/
void main (void){
char c1,c[MAXLEN],d[MAXLEN];
int i,j;

// init string
for (i=0;i<=MAXLEN;i++) {c[i]='\0';}

// user interface
printf("String test program:\n");
printf("string #1 is entered from console\n");
printf("string #2 is created repeating a given character n-times\n");
printf("then, both strings are combined\n\n");
printf("Enter string#1: ");
scanf("%s",&c);
printf("Enter an integer number: ");
scanf("%d",&j);
printf("Enter a character: ");
c1=_getche();
printf("\n\n");

printf("string #1=<%s>\n",c);
nchr(j,c1,d);
printf("string #2=<%s>\n",d);
addstrg(c,d,c);
printf("combined =<%s>\n",c);

printf("End of program\n");
_getch();
}

void nchr (int n, char c, char x[]) {
int i;
if (n<0) {n=0;}
if (n>MAXLEN) {n=MAXLEN;}
for (i=0;i<=n;i++) {x[i]=c;}
x[i]='\0';
}

void addstrg(char a[],char b[],char c[]) {
int i,j;
i=0;
while (a[i]!='\0') {
	c[i]=a[i];
	i++;
	if (i>=MAXLEN) {break;}
	}
j=0;
while(b[j]!='\0') {
	c[i++]=b[j++];
	if (i>=MAXLEN) {break;}
	}
c[i]='\0';
}

/*	eof	************************************************/