socket recv

[psynchronized]

im having a problem while receiving a message from a client to server. i always get extra characters. let me show that:

[Client]

{...
send(Connect, "my msg", 6 ,NULL);
...}

[Server]

{...
recv(Connect, charmsg, sizeof(charmsg), NULL);
strmsg = charmsg;
cout << strmsg << endl;
...}

the message i receive is: my msg╠╠╠╠U╗ x@²▬


my question is how do i get rid of those extra chars?

[Athar]

They're not part of the message, it's whatever was in the buffer prior to the call to recv.
recv returns how many bytes were read into the buffer when it is successful.

[zvRX92yv]

I'm not good on socket programming but.. Aren't you supposed to include the null terminator?
std::cout needs a null terminator..

[Zhuge]

To clarify, both of the above are correct. "my msg" is actually 7 chars, including a null terminator for the C-string it defines. You only send 6, so when you print it via cout, it doesn't hit a null character so it continues off until it does. Either print exactly the number of chars you recv'd using Athar's suggestion, or send the null terminator.

[psynchronized]

Thanks for the help, it works