Segmentation error when changing a string using pointers?

Question

Context

I am learning C and I am trying to change a string in place using pointers. (I know you can use an array, this is more about learning pointers.)

Problem

I keep getting segmentation errors when I try to run the code below. GCC doesn't seem like a line *end = *begin;. Why is this?

Moreover, my code is almost identical to the non-evil C function, already discussed in another question

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

void my_strrev(char* begin){
    char temp;
    char* end;
    end = begin + strlen(begin) - 1;

    while(end>begin){
        temp = *end;
        *end = *begin;
        *begin = temp;
        end--;
        begin++;
    }
}

main(){
    char *string = "foobar";
    my_strrev(string);
    printf("%s", string);
}

Answer 1

One problem is the parameter you pass to the function:

char *string = "foobar";

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*end = *begin;

segfault.

char string[] = "foobar";

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Answer 2

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#include <stdio.h>

void reverse(char *str){    
    int length=0,i=0;

    while(str[i++]!='\0')
        length++;

    for(i=0;i<length/2;i++){
        str[length]=str[i];
        str[i]=str[length-i-1];
        str[length-i-1]=str[length];
    }

    str[length]='\0';
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

    reverse(argv[1]);

    return 0;
}

Answer 3

:

*end--;
*begin++;

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(*end)--;
(*begin)++;

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• end,
• increment begin,

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end--;
begin++;

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Answer 4

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

 void reve(char *s)
 {
    for(char *end = s + (strlen(s) - 1); end > s ; --end, ++s)
    {
        (*s) ^= (*end);
        (*end) ^= (*s);
        (*s) ^= (*end);
    }
 }

int main(void)
{
    char *c = malloc(sizeof(char *) * 250);
    scanf("%s", c);
    reve(c);
    printf("\nReverse String %s", c);
}

Answer 5

char *string = "foobar"; char string[] = "foobar";. , a char * , , .

Answer 6

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

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    char str[] = "foobar";
    printf("String:%s\n", str);
    int len = (int)strlen(str);
    printf("Lenth of str: %d\n" , len);
    int i = 0, j = len - 1;
    while(i < j){
        char temp = str[i];
        str[i] = str[j];
        str[j] = temp;
        i++;
        j--;
    }

    printf("Reverse of String:%s\n", str);
    return 0;
}

Answer 7

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#include <stdio.h>

char *reverse_r(char val, char *s, char *n)
{
    if (*n)
        s = reverse_r(*n, s, n+1);
   *s = val;
   return s+1;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    char *aString;

    if (argc < 2)
    {
        printf("Usage: RSIP <string>\n");
        return 0;
    }

    aString = argv[1];
    printf("String to reverse: %s\n", aString );

    reverse_r(*aString, aString, aString+1); 
    printf("Reversed String:   %s\n", aString );

    return 0;
}

Answer 8

:

#include <string>
#include <iostream>

char* strRev(char* str)
{
    char *first,*last;

    if (!str || !*str)
        return str;

    size_t len = strlen(str);
    for (first = str, last = &str[len] - 1; first < last ; first++, last--)
    {
        str[len] = *first;
        *first = *last;
        *last = str[len];
    }
    str[len] = '\0';
    return str;
}

int main()
{
    char test[13] = "A new string";
    std::cout << strRev(test) << std::endl;
    return 0;
}