Pointer to string not incrementing (C programming) - c

Question

I have two string shown below:
char code *text_to_compare = "TesT";
char code *dictionary = "TesTT,Tes,Tes,TesT.";
In a part of the program I used the following code where it increments the pointers for both strings to point to the next characters.
ch_A = text_to_compare[i++];
ch_B = dictionary[j++];
Why is pointer j being incremented but pointer i is remaining as it was?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Below is the full code. The aim of this project is to compare a string with a list of words. Integer i is not incrementing only after the program enters the else statement.
#include <string.h>
char code *text_to_compare = "TesT";
char code *dictionary = "TesTT,Tes,Tes,TesT.";
int bring_characters(char pdata *, char pdata *, char ch_A, char ch_B, char i,
char j);
void main(void) {
unsigned char ch_A;
unsigned char ch_B;
unsigned char i = 0;
unsigned char j = 0;
char pdata N1;
char pdata N2;
int result;
ch_A = text_to_compare[i]; // take a caharacter from the text
ch_B = dictionary[j];
result = bring_characters(&N1, &N2, ch_A, ch_B, i, j);
if (result == 0) {
while (1)
;
}
else {
while (1)
;
}
while (1)
;
}
int bring_characters(char pdata *N1, char pdata *N2, char ch_A, char ch_B,
char i, char j) {
do {
if (ch_A == ch_B) {
ch_A = text_to_compare[i++]; // take a caharacter from the text
ch_B = dictionary[j++];
if ((ch_A == '\0') && ((ch_B == ',') || (ch_B == '.'))) {
while (1)
; // load idata-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}
}
else {
i = 0; // refresh pointer
ch_A = text_to_compare[i]; // take a caharacter from the text
ch_B = dictionary[j++];
}
} while (ch_B != '.');
return (0);
}

Answer 1

Whew, there's a lot going on here! Now that you've added the full code it looks like in your attempt to move on to the next word you have prevented yourself from moving on.. you'll need to do some major revisions to get this guy working.
The first thing you need to do is figure out how you would do this on paper, then step by step try to reproduce that in your code.
Here's a function to kickstart you:
int find_next_match(char toFind, int startingPosition, char* mainString){
int counter = startingPosition;
char buf = mainString[counter];
while(buf != NULL){
if (buf == toFind){
return counter;
}
counter++;
buf = mainString[counter];
}
return -1; //error
}
You can use something like this to find the next instance of the first character in your string, then you can implement a loop to determine if that is a match.
Good luck, you can do it!