Syntax Help. Putting together variables to form a string.

[Ninja]

Well, google-daddy didn't work. I just want to ask source experts out there for some help. I have now become a donkey figuring this one out.

char* mes = "This is a sample message";
char* temp = "{\"q\":\"\"}";
char* mes1 = malloc(strlen(temp) + strlen(mes) + 1);
snprintf(mes1, sizeof(mes1), "{\"q\":\"%s\"}", mes);
ShowInfo("\nMES1: %s\n",mes1);

The output is only this:

It doesn't append everything in place.

I'm playing around with some 3rd party libraries and this is one thing that's blocking me to proceed. I'd really appreciate it if someone could educate me about this.

Edited June 3, 2017 by Ninja

[Ninja]

Fixed

	char* temp = "{\"q\":\"\"}";
	char *mes1 = malloc(strlen(temp) + strlen(mes) + 1);
	strcpy(mes1, "{\"q\":\"");
	strcat(mes1, mes);
	strcat(mes1, "\"}");
	ShowInfo("\nMES1: %s\n",mes1);

just a preview of what I'm trying to do.