Garbage at the end of a string

[korivios]

When I try to print a string of length K on the console I get another garbage character followed by a quote "

For example if the string is of length 4 and I expect it to be

X6Ra

I instead get

X6Ra-"

So you can see the 2 extra characters at the end.

Is " expected? Is it always there when you print a string?
And how about the - ?

What gives? I read something about an extra character at the end of strign and such but I'm confused. Anyone can point me to the answer?

Thanks.

[cmccmc]

hmm thats weird i've never had that happen

[korivios]

not even the quote " at the end?

[Duthomhas]

It is because you are doing something uncouth to your string.
Show us the code and we'll help you fix it.