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/*
* C Program to Search a Word & Replace it with the Specified Word
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
/*Function to replace a string with another string*/
char *rep_str(const char *s, const char *old, const char *new1)
{
char *ret;
int i, count = 0;
int newlen = strlen(new1);
int oldlen = strlen(old);
for (i = 0; s[i] != ''; i++)
{
if (strstr(&s[i], old) == &s[i])
{
count++;
i += oldlen - 1;
}
}
ret = (char *)malloc(i + count * (newlen - oldlen));
if (ret == NULL)
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
i = 0;
while (*s)
{
if (strstr(s, old) == s) //compare the substring with the newstring
{
strcpy(&ret[i], new1);
i += newlen; //adding newlength to the new string
s += oldlen;//adding the same old length the old string
}
else
ret[i++] = *s++;
}
ret[i] = '';
return ret;
}
int main(void)
{
char mystr[100], c[10], d[10];
printf("Enter a string along with characters to be rep_strd:
");
gets(mystr);
printf("Enter the character to be rep_strd:
");
scanf(" %s",c);
printf("Enter the new character:
");
scanf(" %s",d);
char *newstr = NULL;
puts(mystr);
newstr = rep_str(mystr, c,d);
printf("%s
", newstr);
free(newstr);
return 0;
}
Enter a string along with characters to be rep_strd:
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Enter the character to be rep_strd:
rr
Enter the new character:
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