Question

buffer is a protected void* part of my class.

void* ptr;
ptr= buffer;

if(ptr == pvTxt)
  return ptr; 

while (*((unsigned char*)ptr) || *(((unsigned char*)ptr)+1))
  ((unsigned char*)ptr)++;

return *((unsigned char*)ptr)+1;

Everything up to the:

((unsigned char*)ptr)++;

return *((unsigned char*)ptr)+1;

is fine but I know there is something wrong with the casting?

Also in my main I have:

g_pvTxt = new unsigned char[BUFSIZE];  
memset (g_pvTxt,0,BUFSIZE);

Given the question above how do I append an array. Create an array/append to it. Can’t use std::vector because it’s an embedded system

To further explain the loop:

After an txt entry there is a null termination. At the end of all entries there is a double null. So, in the while loop if the value the pointer is pointing at is false (either 0 or 00) or ptr || ptr+1, it will increment the counter until it gets to the next spot where I can append values.

Answer 1

Why don’t you just make the cast to unsigned char* only once?

unsigned char* ptr= static_cast<unsigned char*>(buffer);

if(ptr == pvTxt)
    return ptr; 

while (ptr[0] || ptr[1]) // *(ptr+1) would work as well
    ptr++;
return *ptr+1;

If you want to append to a buffer, and cannot use std::vector you can do something similar: allocate a bigger buffer, copy everything over and delete the old buffer.