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Varreon · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: C Pointer Issues

Hey CE Forums, Im Back! I've got a program, but when it runs, it appends random text to the end of my string, I think I messed up with my pointer usage:

zart · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject:

Errr... I'm looking at the code and kind of confused...

Nothing seems wrong on your pointer usage - though I'm just glancing at the code, not compiling it.

Your not setting x or y to any values though, just initializing them. Also - is Done() a function you have no included?

It's hard to tell what your doing wrong, because I'm not sure exactly what your doing. As long as you know that pass[x] returns the value located at position x. Meaning pass[x]++ isn't incrementing the pointer - it's adding 1 to the array...

Maybe if you post an example of the output it'd make this more clear, and what the output SHOULD look like.

First thing I'd suggest just from your description of the problem is to print out the characters you want using the length var you have using printf %c, not %s.

Varreon · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

x and y are being used, as temporary holders for ascii values.
This should have become a variable length bruteforcer. Every time it iterates through the string, it increases the value of the first digit by one. If any digit other than the last one passes a lowercase z(ascii 122), then it sets it to a 0(ascii 48) and increases the next digit. Done() is a function that returns true if all the digits are ascii 122, or the highest value I want it to reach. Thanks again for helping.

TheSorc3r3r · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject:

char pass[length];
memset(pass,0,length);

should be

char pass[length];
memset(&pass, 0, length);

Varreon · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:33 pm Post subject:

I tried that, ran, and now theres no output from my program. I removed that, recompile, and theres no ouput. I guess recode the brute function a bit later.