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Message:	[quote=Zeno] Is there any sort of function or linux command that would check a string for a certain character? For example: [code]strchk( buf, "death" );[/code] Would check the buffer 'buf' for "death". Does Smaug or linux have anything like that? If not, how would I got about doing that? Basically, I want to check a pcdata string for if it has the characters name in it. [/quote] Message to be posted (in English, please).
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Rogel USA (5 posts)

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Fri 05 Nov 2004 06:54 AM (UTC) [ quote ]

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Look into strcasestr.

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Posted by

Zeno USA (2,867 posts)

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Mon 01 Nov 2004 05:37 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

Amended on Mon 01 Nov 2004 05:39 PM (UTC) by Zeno

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Thanks, although it is case sensitive. Should I follow how Smaug did str_cmp? (Where was that defined?)

[EDIT] str_str seems to already exist in grub.c

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Posted by Greven Canada (835 posts) bio

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Mon 01 Nov 2004 05:27 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

Amended on Mon 01 Nov 2004 05:29 PM (UTC) by Greven

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You can use the strstr function, like such

strstr(buf, "death")

It returns true if the second argument is found in the first.

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Posted by Zeno USA (2,867 posts) bio Moderator

Date Mon 01 Nov 2004 05:17 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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Is there any sort of function or linux command that would check a string for a certain character? For example:

strchk( buf, "death" );

Would check the buffer 'buf' for "death". Does Smaug or linux have anything like that? If not, how would I got about doing that? Basically, I want to check a pcdata string for if it has the characters name in it.

Zeno McDohl,
Owner of Bleached InuYasha Galaxy
http://www.biyg.org

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