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void find_long(char *a)
{
    int l,i,l1=0,j=0,l2=0;
    char b[50],c[50];
    l=strlen(a);
    for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
        if (a[i] != ' ') {
            b[j] = a[i];
            printf("%c ",b[j]);
            j++;
        }
        else if (a[i] == ' ') {
            b[j] = '\0';
            if (strlen(b) > l1) {
                strcpy(c,b);
                l1 = strlen(b);
            // Inserted missing parentheses here
            }
            j = 0;
        }
        else {
            printf("\nEOF");}
        }
    }
    printf("\nlongest is \n");
    printf(c);
// Added missing parentheses here
}

#include <stdio.h>

enum State
{
  INSIDE_BLANKS,
  INSIDE_WORD
};

void find_longest_word( const char * a, const char ** pps, const char ** ppe);

int main()
{
  const char * foo = "alpha  beta gamma delta epsilon   ";

  const char *ps, *pe;

  find_longest_word( foo, &ps, &pe);

  if ( pe-ps > 0)
  {
    printf("longest word length = %ld\n", (pe-ps));
    while (ps != pe)
    {
      printf("%c", *ps);
      ++ps;
    }
    printf("\n");
  }
  return 0;
}

void find_longest_word( const char * a, const char ** pps, const char **ppe)
{
  const char * ps = a;
  const char * pe = a;
  *pps = *ppe = a;

  enum State state = INSIDE_BLANKS;

  while ( *a != '\0')
  {
    if ( state == INSIDE_BLANKS)
    {
      if ( *a != ' ')
      {
        state = INSIDE_WORD;
        ps = a;
      }
    }
    else // inside word
    {
      if ( *a == ' ')
      {
        pe = a; 
        if ( pe - ps > *ppe - *pps)
        {
          *pps = ps;
          *ppe = pe;
        }
        state = INSIDE_BLANKS;
      }
    }
    ++a;
  }
  // special handling of (possible) last word
  if ( state == INSIDE_WORD)
  {
    if ( pe - ps > *pps - *pps)
    {
      *pps = ps;
      *ppe = pe;
    }
  }
}

const BYTE* pByteArray = reinterpret_cast<const BYTE*>(sSerial.GetString());

Flaviu2 wrote:

Why arrByte2 are having "ýýýý««««««««" on tail ? What I am missing here ?
Thank you for any hint.

arrByte2.SetSize(sSerial.GetLength() + 1);