How do I concatenate const/literal strings in C?

Question

I\'m working in C, and I have to concatenate a few things.

Right now I have this:

message = strcat(\"TEXT \", var);

message2 = strcat(strcat(\"TEXT          


        

Answer 1

You can write your own function that does the same thing as strcat() but that doesn't change anything:

#define MAX_STRING_LENGTH 1000
char *strcat_const(const char *str1,const char *str2){
    static char buffer[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
    strncpy(buffer,str1,MAX_STRING_LENGTH);
    if(strlen(str1) < MAX_STRING_LENGTH){
        strncat(buffer,str2,MAX_STRING_LENGTH - strlen(buffer));
    }
    buffer[MAX_STRING_LENGTH - 1] = '\0';
    return buffer;
}

int main(int argc,char *argv[]){
    printf("%s",strcat_const("Hello ","world"));    //Prints "Hello world"
    return 0;
}

If both strings together are more than 1000 characters long, it will cut the string at 1000 characters. You can change the value of MAX_STRING_LENGTH to suit your needs.