String overwrites every string in linked list

SkidMarkz · 09-11-2008, 08:34 PM

removed

tabstop · 09-11-2008, 08:40 PM

Because this line:

Code:

new_node->make = make;

does not, and never has, copied a string from one place to another. If you wish to copy a string from one place to another, you must use the string copy function strcpy.

09-11-2008, 08:34 PM	#1
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09-11-2008, 08:40 PM	#2
tabstop and the Hat of Guessing Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,740	Because this line: Code: new_node->make = make; does not, and never has, copied a string from one place to another. If you wish to copy a string from one place to another, you must use the string copy function strcpy.
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