I need the syntax to combine strings. This doesn't work: // char first[10]="hello "; char last[20]="world"; char name[50]=first+last; // TIA If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

combining char arrays requires that you use the C code function: StrCat Chi They mostly come at night...mostly.

Hi Chi, Thanks for that. I got this syntax from the TC IDE help: char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t maxlen); But I have no idea how to write the line I need to combone my strings. Help me out here. TIA If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi! Mechanix2Go, it can be done as follows 1) using strcat() strcat(name, first); strcat(name, last); 2) using strncat() strncat(name, first, strlen(first)); strncat(name, last, strlen(last)); string.h must be included. Hope this helps :)

Hi finite, That got it. Thank you very much. If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

... and one more thing, if you want to overwrite any value assigned previously to the variable "name" then use "strcpy()" and "strncpy()" instead of "strcat()" and "strncat()" respectively on the first line ie the above code should be 1) strcpy(name, first); strcat(name, last); 2) strncpy(name, first, strlen(first)); strncat(name, last, strlen(last)); the first line in each code overwrites the variable "name" and combines "first" and "last" to form the new value for "name".