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  • mrjjM Offline
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    mrjj
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    #2

    Hi
    What is ijl ?
    and can you also show the output ?

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    • rohit713R rohit713

      I am developing application in mac os mavericks using Qt Creator 3.0.0. having QT 4.8.4 my problem is when i trying to copy QString in char array value of string becomes not accessible.

      for refernce

      #include "mainwindow.h"
      
      #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
      
      #include <QString>
      
      #include <QDebug>
      
      
      MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
      
          QMainWindow(parent),
      
          ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
      
      {
      
          ui->setupUi(this);
      
      
          abc("risk");
      
      }
      
      
      MainWindow::~MainWindow()
      
      {
      
          delete ui;
      
      }
      
      
      
      void MainWindow::abc(QString ijl)
      
      {
      
          char pr[40];
      
          memset(pr,NULL,40);
      
      
          strcpy(pr,ijl.toLocal8Bit().data());
      
      
          qDebug()<<ijl.toLocal8Bit().data();
      
      
      }
      
      jsulmJ Offline
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      jsulm
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      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      @rohit713 said in local string always corrupt:

      value of string becomes not accessible.

      Value of which string? pr?
      Why not

      memset(pr, 0, 40);
      

      ?

      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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      • A Offline
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        ambershark
        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        This works fine for me, so there is something more going on. You'll have to share some more information. What does the debugger say for the address and the data contained in the array?

        Also how do you know pr is not accessible? You never output it via qdebug or anything else.

        I tried this code (granted I used qt5 since I don't have 4 installed) but it worked fine.

        My L-GPL'd C++ Logger github.com/ambershark-mike/sharklog

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          Hi
          What is ijl ?
          and can you also show the output ?

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          rohit713
          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          @mrjj ijl is qstring which is pass as an parameter in function abc ().

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @rohit713 said in local string always corrupt:

            value of string becomes not accessible.

            Value of which string? pr?
            Why not

            memset(pr, 0, 40);
            

            ?

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            rohit713
            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            @jsulm value of ijl string which is passed in function abc().

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            • A ambershark

              This works fine for me, so there is something more going on. You'll have to share some more information. What does the debugger say for the address and the data contained in the array?

              Also how do you know pr is not accessible? You never output it via qdebug or anything else.

              I tried this code (granted I used qt5 since I don't have 4 installed) but it worked fine.

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              rohit713
              wrote on last edited by rohit713
              #7

              @ambershark yes its work fine in qt 5 but my problem occur in qt 4 .ijl is coruupetd debugger shows the locale value not accesible while we copy this to pr its crash .

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              • rohit713R rohit713

                @jsulm value of ijl string which is passed in function abc().

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                jsulm
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                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                @rohit713 But what do you mean by "not accessible"? Was it accessible before strcpy?
                Note this (from http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qstring.html#toLocal8Bit):
                "The returned byte array is undefined if the string contains characters not supported by the local 8-bit encoding."

                https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                • Christian EhrlicherC Offline
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                  Christian Ehrlicher
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  You do not check if ijl.toLocal8Bit() is shorter than 40 bytes.

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                  • jsulmJ jsulm

                    @rohit713 But what do you mean by "not accessible"? Was it accessible before strcpy?
                    Note this (from http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qstring.html#toLocal8Bit):
                    "The returned byte array is undefined if the string contains characters not supported by the local 8-bit encoding."

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    @jsulm before strcpy it contain "risk" after calling strcpy it gives not accesible.

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                    • rohit713R rohit713

                      @ambershark yes its work fine in qt 5 but my problem occur in qt 4 .ijl is coruupetd debugger shows the locale value not accesible while we copy this to pr its crash .

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                      jsulm
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                      wrote on last edited by jsulm
                      #11

                      @rohit713 As @Christian-Ehrlicher said: you implemented a nice example for stack overflow :-)
                      You should use strncpy.

                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                      • jsulmJ jsulm

                        @rohit713 As @Christian-Ehrlicher said: you implemented a nice example for stack overflow :-)
                        You should use strncpy.

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                        aha_1980
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                        @jsulm

                        Even better: qstrncpy ;)

                        Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                        • jsulmJ jsulm

                          @rohit713 As @Christian-Ehrlicher said: you implemented a nice example for stack overflow :-)
                          You should use strncpy.

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                          rohit713
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                          @jsulm i also tried strncpy but the same problem occurs .

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                          • rohit713R rohit713

                            @jsulm i also tried strncpy but the same problem occurs .

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                            jsulm
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                            @rohit713 Can you show how you used strncpy?

                            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                            • jsulmJ jsulm

                              @rohit713 Can you show how you used strncpy?

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                              • jsulmJ jsulm

                                @rohit713 Can you show how you used strncpy?

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                                #16

                                @jsulm strncpy(pr,ijl.toLocal8Bit().data(),ijl.length());

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                                • rohit713R rohit713

                                  @jsulm strncpy(pr,ijl.toLocal8Bit().data(),ijl.length());

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                                  jsulm
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                                  @rohit713 This is same stack overflow as before...

                                  https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                                  • jsulmJ jsulm

                                    @rohit713 This is same stack overflow as before...

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                                    #18

                                    @jsulm can u share the stack overflow link

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                                    • rohit713R rohit713

                                      @jsulm can u share the stack overflow link

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                                      jsulm
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                                      wrote on last edited by
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                                      @rohit713 What link? Think about what will happen if ijl.toLocal8Bit().data() is longer than pr.

                                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                                      • rohit713R rohit713

                                        @jsulm strncpy(pr,ijl.toLocal8Bit().data(),ijl.length());

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                                        aha_1980
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                                        @rohit713

                                        Use qstrncpy(pr, ijl.toLocal8Bit().constData(),sizeof(pr));

                                        Qt has to stay free or it will die.

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                                        • aha_1980A aha_1980

                                          @rohit713

                                          Use qstrncpy(pr, ijl.toLocal8Bit().constData(),sizeof(pr));

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                                          @aha_1980 same problem occur with qstrncpy.

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