Append Char To String in C?

Question

How do I append a single char to a string in C?

i.e

char* str = \"blablabla\";
char c = \'H\';
str_append(str,c); /* blablablaH */

Answer 1

Create a new string (string + char)

#include     
#include 

#define ERR_MESSAGE__NO_MEM "Not enough memory!"
#define allocator(element, type) _allocator(element, sizeof(type))

/** Allocator function (safe alloc) */
void *_allocator(size_t element, size_t typeSize)
{
    void *ptr = NULL;
    /* check alloc */
    if( (ptr = calloc(element, typeSize)) == NULL)
    {printf(ERR_MESSAGE__NO_MEM); exit(1);}
    /* return pointer */
    return ptr;
}

/** Append function (safe mode) */
char *append(const char *input, const char c)
{
    char *newString, *ptr;

    /* alloc */
    newString = allocator((strlen(input) + 2), char);
    /* Copy old string in new (with pointer) */
    ptr = newString;
    for(; *input; input++) {*ptr = *input; ptr++;}
    /* Copy char at end */
    *ptr = c;
    /* return new string (for dealloc use free().) */
    return newString;
}

/** Program main */
int main (int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    char *input = "Ciao Mondo"; // i am italian :), this is "Hello World"
    char c = '!';
    char *newString;

    newString = append(input, c);
    printf("%s\n",newString);
    /* dealloc */
    free(newString);
    newString = NULL;

    exit(0);
}

              0   1   2   3    4    5   6   7   8   9  10   11
newString is [C] [i] [a] [o] [\32] [M] [o] [n] [d] [o] [!] [\0]

Don't alter the array size ([len +1], etc.) without know its exact size, it may damage other data. alloc an array with the new size and put the old data inside instead, remember that, for a char array, the last value must be \0; calloc() sets all values to \0, which is excellent for char arrays.

I hope this helps.