Comparison of strings in C

I am trying to do an exercise that tests if there is some blank before a string and removes it if it does, however it is returning the following error:

  

Targeting failure (recorded core image)

I can not understand why.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
void removerEspacosEsquerda(char string[]) {
    int i, j, cont;
    char *string2, a;
    i = 0;
    cont = 0;
    while(string[i] != 0) {
        if(string[i] == ' ') {
            cont++;
        }
        i++;
    }
    i = 0;
    j = 0;
    printf("%d", cont);
    while(string[i] != 0) {
        if(i >= cont) {
            string2[j] = string[i];
        }
        i++;
        j++;
    }
    string = string2;
}
int main() {
    char *string;
    string = " teste";
    removerEspacosEsquerda(string);
    printf("%s", string);
}

Your code is too complex and the error occurred because of this, when we simplify the error and have no opportunity to appear. You do not need 2 loops (3 for the solution of the other answer) and you do not need to allocate memory:

#include <stdio.h>

void removerEspacosEsquerda(char string[]) {
    int cont = 0;
    for (int i = 0; string[i] != '
#include <stdio.h>

void removerEspacosEsquerda(char string[]) {
    int cont = 0;
    for (int i = 0; string[i] != '%pre%'; i++, cont++) {
        if (string[i] == ' ') cont--;
        else string[cont] = string[i];
    }
    string[cont] = '%pre%';
}

int main() {
    char string[] = " teste";
    removerEspacosEsquerda(string);
    printf("%s", string);
}

'; i++, cont++) {

        if (string[i] == ' ') cont--;

        else string[cont] = string[i];

    }

    string[cont] = '%pre%';

}
int main() {

    char string[] = " teste";

    removerEspacosEsquerda(string);

    printf("%s", string);

}


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The segmentation fault occurs because the string2 pointer has not been initialized.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h> // para malloc e free

void removerEspacosEsquerda(char string[])
{
  int i, j, cont;
  char *string2 = malloc(strlen(string)+1), a; // <-------------
  i = 0;
  ....
  ....
  strcpy(string, string2);
  free(string2); // <-------------
} // fim removerEspacosEsquerda

Note that I have not looked at whether your space-saving logic is correct, I’m just solving the problem of segmentation failure.