Re: some questions about "char *field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buf, const char *value)"

[Thomas Dickey]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, jinhai zhang wrote:

> Dear,
> I have some questions about the function of below
>
> char *field_buffer(FIELD *field,int buf, const  char *value);
>
> The return type of this function is char *,why the length of it is fixed,for
> many blank space at the back.

It is fixed for compatibility with the original implementation.

> How can i remove these blank space and then assign it to other char *;

You can store extra buffers for each field, and keep track of their 
length...

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