ok so my compiler is doing something weird, for this like of code it is thinking the \d is a command like \n but that is a cstring, and it uses each char to decode a message to Attack at dawn!, but comes out missing the c, any hits or tips. char encoded[] = ":mmZ\dxZmx]Zpgy";
infernojmd 0 Newbie Poster
VernonDozier 2,218 Posting Expert Featured Poster
ok so my compiler is doing something weird, for this like of code it is thinking the \d is a command like \n but that is a cstring, and it uses each char to decode a message to Attack at dawn!, but comes out missing the c, any hits or tips.
char encoded[] = ":mmZ\dxZmx]Zpgy";
Missing the c? What c? I don't see a c in the string. \ is the escape character. If you want a \ to not be interpreted as an escape character, but as a character, use two of them:
char encoded[] = ":mmZ\\dxZmx]Zpgy"; stephen84s commented: Nice, traced the problem even when the O.P. wasn't at all clear with what he was trying to achieve. +6
stephen84s 550 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Missing the c? What c? I don't see a c in the string. \ is the escape character. If you want a \ to not be interpreted as an escape character, but as a character, use two of them:
Yep the missing "c" was never clear at first, only when I read the post over and over I figured it **seems** like a substitution ciper, where
c = \
A = :
a = Z
t = m
<SPACE> = x .. etc
Hence the problem with the "c".
Amazing work VernonDozier, you hit the nail on the head even though you went in blind.
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