c program to find a substring

how to write a program in c to find a substring???(without using library functions)

Using For Loops and Character comparison.

-Karthik

that's quite obvious but i m not able to get the output.To be frank i want the code of the program.Plz help if u can

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
int main()
{
int i=0,j=0;
char a[10],b[10];
clrscr();
printf("enter the main string: ");
scanf("%s",a);
printf("\n enter the second string: ");
scanf("%s",b);
while(a!='\0')
{
if(a==b[j])
{
i++;
j++;}

else
{
j=0;
if(a==b[j])
j++;
i++;
}
else
{
printf("the given string is not substring");
}
printf("\n the given substring is present");
}
getch();
}
just check the program and tell me where i m going wrong

i have initialized j=0 again after the if loop fails coz the string might appear at any position of the second string like e.g we have to find whether the string "comp" is a substring of "mech & comp".so after the condition fails the second string is again ready to be checked from first while the counter of second goes on increasing.

Hi samaira,

Code:

int blen=0, k=0;

//assign length of be to blen
blen =strlen(b); //not sure

 while(a[i]!='\0')
      {
       if(a[i]==b[j])
          {
           i++;
           j++;
if(j==blen){
j=0;
}

}

        else
        {
            j=0;
          //if(a[i]==b[j])
           //j++;
        i++; 
           }
        else
{
        printf("the given string is not substring");
}
printf("\n the given substring is present");
}
getch();
}

Try this including b length's check in your program, if it works. Also, I think you can include a separate variable k in your program and initialize it to 0 and set its value as 1 when your check in if loop works and then at the end while printing message you can check if it is 1 then "matched" else "unmatched"

Thanks !

hey shalini thanks for ur help.:smile:

@Samaira If you program works then don't forget to post the complete working program here also.

Thanks !

//Without using Functions.

#include(stdio.h) // place this '<' & '>' instead of '(' & ')' before stdio.h
#include(string.h)
void main( )
{
char st[20],sub[10],temp[10];
int pos, i, j;
clrscr( );
printf("Enter the main string:");
gets(st);
printf("\nEnter the substring to insert:");
gets(sub);
printf("Enter the index position:");
scanf("%d",&pos);
if(pos<=strlen(st)) {
for(i=0;i<=strlen(st);i++) {
if(i==pos)
{
for(j=0;st!='\0';j++) // to store the 'st' to 'temp' from given position.
{
temp[j]=st;
i++;
}
temp[j]='\0';
i=pos;
for(j=0;sub[j]!='\0';j++) // to insert a sub-str to main string.
{
st=sub[j];
i++;
}
for(j=0;temp[j]!='\0';j++) // Lastly to insert the 'temp' to 'st' after sub-str.
{
st=temp[j];
i++;
}
st='\0';
}}
printf("\nAfter adding the sub-string: %s",st);
}
else
printf("\nSorry, it is not possible to insert a substring in that position.");
getch();
}