RosettaCodeData/Task/Empty-string/C/empty-string.c

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#include <string.h>
/* ... */
/* assign an empty string */
const char *str = "";
/* to test a null string */
if (str) { ... }
/* to test if string is empty */
if (str[0] == '\0') { ... }
/* or equivalently use strlen function
strlen will seg fault on NULL pointer, so check first */
if ( (str == NULL) || (strlen(str) == 0)) { ... }
/* or compare to a known empty string, same thing. "== 0" means strings are equal */
if (strcmp(str, "") == 0) { ... }