Thread: string problems

hi there,

im trying to link number to words, but i keep getting errors i cant find what is wrong can someone help, i no is something basic, im just missing it. the code is here:

Code:

void main()
{
int number;
char name[100];

printf("type a number");
scanf("%d",&number");

if (number == 14) {
 name = tom; }
else if (number ==10) {
 name == gary;}

printf("the name is %s/n", name);

}

thanks

for the help

pure!

You did not declare any variables called tom or gary. If you want strings, then you have to use quotes like you did everywhere else you used strings.

To put information into a string, like name, you use strcpy.

Originally Posted by vart

1. main should be int main(void)
2. when you have compiler errors - post them as well and point the lines where errors occured
3. tom and gary are not strings, they are variable names. To make strings use ""
"tom" and "gary" are strings
4. you cannot assign to arrays - use strcpy
5. or declare your name variable as pointer to string
const char* name = "";

in this case you can assign to this pointer addres of the string literal

name = "gary";

6. /n should be \n