shift() in C std lib

[Steven W. Orr]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Price, Erik wrote:

=>I'm wondering if there's a shift() function (similar to the one in Perl/
=>PHP/etc) in the C standard library?  (I have access to the C std lib
=>that comes with Gentoo linux, if that matters any.)
=>
=>That would accept an array pointer and a char as an argument and allow
=>me to put that char at the beginning of the array?
You're not describing shift. You're describing push.
=>
=>If not I can write this but I wanted to try accessing the standard library.
=>(It's for a homework assignment.)
I think you're writing it. It'sabout two lines long :-)

=>
=>Is there a utility other than grep for finding useful functions in the
=>C std library?
yes. Use info, preferably from emacs. The entire info doc is available.


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