How to check if string starts with certain string in C?

Question

For example, to validate the valid Url, I\'d like to do the following

char usUrl[MAX] = \"http://www.stackoverflow\"

if(usUrl[0] == \'h\'
   && usUr         


        

Answer 1

I would suggest this:

char *checker = NULL;

checker = strstr(usUrl, "http://");
if(checker == usUrl)
{
    //you found the match

}

This would match only when string starts with 'http://' and not something like 'XXXhttp://'

You can also use strcasestr if that is available on you platform.