// Preprocessor directives
#ifndef STRING_CONSTANTS_H
#define STRING_CONSTANTS_H

// global constants

//constant for end of c-string null character
#define CARRIAGE_RETURN_CHAR '\r'

// constant for end of c-string null character
#define NEWLINE_CHAR '\n'

// constant for small string length
#define MIN_STR_LEN 32

// constant for maximum string length
#define MAX_STR_LEN 128

// constant for end of c-string null character
#define NULL_CHAR	'\0'

// constant for space character
#define SPACE ' '

// constant for standard string length
#define STD_STR_LEN	64

// constant for comparison
#define STR_EQ 0

// substring not found constant -- not given so not sure
#define SUBSTRING_NOT_FOUND -1

// non printable char -- not given as well
#define NON_PRINTABLE_CHAR (char)127

// colon
#define COLON ':'

// semicolon
#define SEMICOLON ';'

// period
#define PERIOD '.'

// comma
#define COMMA ','

// newline
#define NEWLINE '\n'

// NO_ERR
#define NO_ERR 0

#endif // STRING_CONSTANTS_H