Welcome to my Libft project, a foundational coding project at Codam. This library, named "Libft" (short for Library Forty-Two), was my very first Codam assignment. At Codam, the use of standard library functions like strcmp is forbidden, this way we are encouraged to truly understand what is happening inside all functions we call. Besides the challenge of mimicking a lot of the standard library functions, this was also my first time creating a Makefile and properly using the 42-norminette formatting guidelines. These guidelines encourage us to keep our functions concise (max 25 lines) and readable (separate variable declarations).
The library is organized into several directories, each containing mandatory files that were essential for the completion of the project:
- Character: Functions related to character manipulation.
- General: General-purpose utility functions.
- Linked List: Functions for handling linked lists.
- Memory: Functions for memory management.
- String: String manipulation functions.
- Write: Functions for writing output.
In addition to the core Libft functions, I have included two other projects that I developed at a later stage:
- ft_printf: A custom implementation of the
printffunction. - get_next_line: A function to read a line from a file descriptor.
These projects were separate assignments at CODAM but are useful additions to the library.
During a later project, Minishell, @LithiumOx and I developed a vector library located in the vector directory. This library allows for the use of vectors in C, similar to their functionality in C++. Upon initialization, the vector sets a size that is a multiple of the size of the elements it will store. If there is no space for new elements, the vector will double in size. It supports random access and includes a function, ft_vec_free, to free all elements within the vector.
Libft is the start of my programming experience at Codam and as a library, it's used in all my future C projects.
Feel free to use the code for inspiration.