Basic Learning Objectives

Before class, you should be able to:

  • Identify the various functions that the string library provides
  • Explain the difference between strcpy and strncpy
  • Compare the characters in two strings for equality
  • Use man to get more information about a function
  • Explain the steps to work with a file

Advanced Learning Objectives

After class, you should be able to:

  • Get user input using scanf and command-line arguments
  • Explain how arrays are passed to functions
  • Explain how strings and character arrays relate
  • Define null-terminated

Resources

You should read the following in DIS:

  • 2.6 (don’t worry about dynamic allocation yet)
  • 2.8

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