Character Array and Pointer

Hi All...

Hoping someone can help me with what is probably a silly question. I am to take user input, put it into uppercase, then lowercase. The code below does output the uppercase, except I am missing the first character. I don't get any output for the lowercase.

Thanks in advance..any help is appreciated!



#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>


void main (void)

{

char text[70];

char *text_ptr=text;

int i;


printf ("\nEnter a line of text (up to 69 [COLOR=blue]characters):\n");

gets(text);


text[70]='\0';>



printf("\nThe line of text in uppercase [COLOR=blue]is:\n\n");

i=0;

while(*text_ptr)

{
*text_ptr++;

putchar(toupper(*text_ptr));

}

printf("\n\nThe line of text in lowercase is:\n\n");

i=0;

while(*text_ptr)

{

*text_ptr++;

putchar(tolower(*text_ptr));

}

}

For printing in uppercase, flip the order of the two statements in the loop, (i.e.) uppercasing the pointer and then increment it. You're incrementing the pointer first and then uppercasing, which is why you're missing the first char:

As for the lowercasing part, you forgot to reset your pointer to the beginning of the string again. As before, also change the order of your statements inside the loop and you should be good to go.


I realize that you're probably a beginner to C programming, so I'll give you a little friendly advice. Using gets() is highly discouraged for any serious programming. Consider using fgets() or fread() instead. See the BUGS section in http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man....386&format=html for why.

Thanks for your help. Yes, I am new to programming. I hate to be so obvious! Thanks for the tip, I appreciate it.

Kathy