Remove first character of each word from a string

Posted on Apr 22, 2020

C program to eliminate/remove first character of each word from a string.

Program

#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string.h>
#define MAX 50

void main()
{
	char str[MAX];
    int i, j, k, len;

    printf("Enter the string\t:");
    gets(str);

    len = strlen(str);

    if(str[0] != ' ')
    {
        for(i=0;i<len;i++)
        {
            str[i] = str[i+1];
        }
        len--;
    }

    for(i=0;i<len;i++)
    {
        if(str[i]==' ' && str[i+1]!=' ')
        {
            for(j=i+1;j<len;j++)
            {
                str[j] = str[j+1];
            }
            len--;
        }
    }

    str[len] = '\0';

    printf("\nModified string\t:%s",str);

    getch();
}

Output

Enter the string        :welcome to coursecrux.com, happy coding!!!

Modified string :elcome o oursecrux.com, appy oding!!!