From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Bambach Subject: Re: C Newbie Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:03:57 -0600 Message-ID: <200412131003.57421.eric@cisu.net> References: Reply-To: eric@cisu.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-c-programming-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Darren Sessions Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org On Monday 13 December 2004 09:01 am, you wrote: > I need to know (before I get flamed) if this is an appropriate spot to post > questions on C programming or not and the very most newbie level. I'm > attempting a transition from Perl and, while I understand a lot of the > fundamentals of C, am having a hard time with string (char) manipulation. > > Thanks, > > - Darren As JBG advised yes please don't hijack threads. It confuses me AND my mailer. Other than that I would be happy to assist on the list if I can, even though my programming skills aren't great yet. My advice is to limit your questions though. Try to do most of the reasearch off list and ask specifc questions when something stumps you or doesnt work as expected after you've tried to debug it yourself. If it looks like you didn't try (ex. throwing code at us with the subject it doesnt compile) or cant give us specific code with questions to help on you're less likely to get any useful information off the list. Other than that, I hope I can be of help and I hope the list gurus agree with me. -- -EB