That's the very definition of a C string - if it isn't \0 terminated, it's not a string. See section 4.1.1. of http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt http://flash

That's the very definition of a C string - if it isn't \0 terminated, it's not a string. See section 4.1.1. of http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt http://flash-gordon.me.uk/ansi.c.txt.