/*
Author  : Michael Robinson
Program : appendStrings.c
Purpose : appending strings samples
Updated : 06-28-2014
*/


#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>


void append( char *stringOne, char *stringTwo )
{
    printf( "\n" );
    printf( "stringOne = '%s'  length = %2d\n", stringOne, (int)strlen( stringOne ) );
    printf( "stringTwo = '%s'     length = %2d\n", stringTwo, (int)strlen( stringTwo ) );
    printf( "\n" );

    //strcat can be use to create a new string   
    printf( "Now we append '%s' to the end of '%s' creating a new string\n", stringTwo, stringOne );
    char *newString = strcat( stringOne, stringTwo );

    printf( "The newString contains the new appended string:\n" );
    printf( "newString = '%s'  length = %d\n", newString, (int)strlen( newString ) );
    printf( "\n\n" );
    
    printf( "Also, stringOne contains the new appended string:\n" );
    printf( "stringOne = '%s'  length = %2d\n", stringOne, (int)strlen( stringOne ) );
    printf( "\n" );


    printf( "\nHowever, stringTwo is now missing characters at it's beginning\n");
    printf( "stringTwo = '%s'    length = %2d\n", stringTwo, (int)strlen( stringTwo ) );
    printf( "\n" );


    printf( "Another way to append strings\n" );
    //strcat can also be use to create a new string
    char *anotherString = strcat( stringOne, " me again" );
    printf( "%s\n\n", anotherString );
}


int main(void)
{
    printf( "\n\nAppending Strings\n" );    
    printf( "-----------------\n" );   
         
    char stringOne[] = "good morning";  
    char stringTwo[] = " world :)";

    append( stringOne, stringTwo );

    return 0;
}