/*
* Solution to exercise 5-5 in K&R2, page 107:
*
* Write versions of the library functions strncpy, strncat,
* and strncmp, which operate on at most the first n characters
* of their argument strings. For example, strncpy(s,t,n) copies
* at most n characters of t to s. Full descriptions are in
* Appendix B.
*
* Note that the description in the exercise is not precise. Here are
* descriptions from Appendix B (though one should really follow the
* descriptions in the standard):
*
* char *strncpy(s,ct,n) copy at most n characters of string ct
* to s, return s. Pad with '\0's is ct
* has fewer than n characters.
* char *strncat(s,ct,n) concatenate at most n characters of
* string ct to string s, terminate s with
* '\0'; return s.
* int strncmp(cs,ct,n) compare at most n characters of string
* cs to string ct; return <0 if cs<ct,
* 0 if cs==ct, or >0 if cs>ct.
*
* Further note that the standard requires strncmp to compare the
* characters using unsigned char internally.
*
* Implementation note: since the function names are reserved by the
* standard, I've used the prefix `liw_'. This also allows me to check
* the functions against the standard library versions. For each library
* function, I've written a test function that tests a particular test
* case. Where appropriate, the test functions use internal buffers that
* are of size MAX_BUF; at least some of the test cases should be longer
* to test all boundary conditions.
*
* Feel free to modify, copy, and use as you wish.
*
* Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#define MAX_BUF 16
char *liw_strncpy(char *s, const char *ct, size_t n) {
char *p;
p = s;
for (; n > 0 && *ct != '\0'; --n)
*p++ = *ct++;
for (; n > 0; --n)
*p++ = '\0';
return s;
}
char *liw_strncat(char *s, const char *ct, size_t n) {
char *p;
p = s;
while (*p != '\0')
++p;
for (; n > 0 && *ct != '\0'; --n)
*p++ = *ct++;
*p = '\0';
return s;
}
int liw_strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t n) {
while (n > 0 && *cs == *ct && *cs != '\0') {
++cs;
++ct;
--n;
}
if (n == 0 || *cs == *ct)
return 0;
if (*(unsigned char *) cs < *(unsigned char *) ct)
return -1;
return 1;
}
void test_ncpy(const char *str) {
char std_buf[MAX_BUF];
char liw_buf[MAX_BUF];
memset(std_buf, 0x42, sizeof(std_buf));
strncpy(std_buf, str, sizeof(std_buf));
memset(liw_buf, 0x42, sizeof(liw_buf));
liw_strncpy(liw_buf, str, sizeof(liw_buf));
if (memcmp(std_buf, liw_buf, sizeof(std_buf)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "liw_strncpy failed for <%s>\n", str);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
void test_ncat(const char *first, const char *second) {
char std_buf[MAX_BUF];
char liw_buf[MAX_BUF];
memset(std_buf, 0x69, sizeof(std_buf));
strcpy(std_buf, first);
strncat(std_buf, second, sizeof(std_buf) - strlen(std_buf) - 1);
memset(liw_buf, 0x69, sizeof(liw_buf));
strcpy(liw_buf, first);
liw_strncat(liw_buf, second, sizeof(liw_buf) - strlen(liw_buf) - 1);
if (memcmp(std_buf, liw_buf, sizeof(std_buf)) != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "liw_strncat failed, <%s> and <%s>\n",
first, second);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
void test_ncmp(const char *first, const char *second) {
size_t len;
int std_ret, liw_ret;
if (strlen(first) < strlen(second))
len = strlen(second);
else
len = strlen(first);
std_ret = strncmp(first, second, len);
liw_ret = liw_strncmp(first, second, len);
if ((std_ret < 0 && liw_ret >= 0) || (std_ret > 0 && liw_ret <= 0) ||
(std_ret == 0 && liw_ret != 0)) {
fprintf(stderr, "liw_strncmp failed, <%s> and <%s>\n",
first, second);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
int main(void) {
test_ncpy("");
test_ncpy("a");
test_ncpy("ab");
test_ncpy("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"); /* longer than MAX_BUF */
test_ncat("", "a");
test_ncat("a", "bc");
test_ncat("ab", "cde");
test_ncat("ab", "cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"); /* longer than MAX_BUF */
test_ncmp("", "");
test_ncmp("", "a");
test_ncmp("a", "a");
test_ncmp("a", "ab");
test_ncmp("abc", "ab");
printf("All tests pass.\n");
return 0;
}