Hello i am trying to make a simple function that takes an input string and scans through it removing all the vowels. is there a simple approch to this problem? thank you for all the help Zero

update---- i was able to make a function to remove the vowels in a string.. however, the way i have the function set up it puts a space where a vowel was. is there a way to delet the spaces in the string? for example i put "amanda" in the function and get " m n d " is there a way to make it "mnd" ? thank you for all the help i appriciate it! Zero

When you remove the vowel, don't replace but concatenate the front and back parts

Hmm... let's try something risky for grins. #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> void purge(char *str) { int i=0, j=0; char *sptr = malloc(strlen(str) + 1); while(*(str + i) != '\0') { if(tolower(*(str + i)) != 'a' && tolower(*(str + i)) != 'e' && tolower(*(str + i)) != 'i' && tolower(*(str + i)) != 'o' && tolower(*(str + i)) != 'u') sptr[j++] = *(str + i); i++; } sptr[j] = '\0'; strcpy(str, sptr); free(sptr); } int main() { char arr[] = "Amanda"; puts(arr); purge(arr); puts(arr); while(getchar() != '\n'); return 0; } Oops... sorry, you stated that you needed a simple function. :P

Thank you all for the help! I still seem to come up with problems and not sure on how to solve them. here is what i have: #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <ctype.h> void erasevowels(char *inputstring, char *newstring); int main(void) { char inputstring[22] = "amanda"; char newstring[22] = " "; erasevowels(inputstring, newstring); printf("%d\n\n\n", strlen(inputstring)); printf("%s\n\n", newstring); return 0; } void erasevowels(char *inputstring, char *newstring) { int i, j, temp; temp = strlen(inputstring); i = 0; for(j=0; j < temp; j++) { for(i=0; i<temp; i++) { if(inputstring[i] == 'a' || inputstring[i] == 'e' || inputstring[i] == 'i' || inputstring[i] == 'o' || inputstring[i] == 'u') { newstring[i] = inputstring[i+1]; inputstring[i+1] = ' '; } else { newstring[i] = inputstring[i]; } } } } sorry bout the spacing.. some times i have the function remove all the vowels but others it does not. not sure why but i think it has to do with my looping. im also still have problems with the space character. Any help you can provide i appriciate it Thank you all. Zero

I don't do C. Here's a solution in PowerBASIC compiler (QBASIC) ---------------- rem delvowel.bas 2004-03-13 wizard-fred aa$ = command$ if (aa$ = "") then print "Useage: DELVOWEL input_string" : end bb$ = "" for cc% = 1 to len(aa$) dd$ = mid$(aa$, cc%, 1) if (instr(1, "AEIOU", ucase$(dd$)) = 0) then bb$ = bb$ + dd$ next cc% print "Vowels removed - from ->"; aa$; "<- to ->"; bb$; "<-" --------------- Program Lines are double spaced, Single spaced lines are continued. BASIC is ...