I am trying to create a C program on Windows Vista, and there is one line of code that consistently crashes a.exe during run time.
printf("%s", *pointer);
(*pointer is pointing to a string of characters)
When I remove this line, there is no problem. When I change %s to %c, there is no problem and it simply prints the first char of the string. I have included a video of this happening.
I am using GCC on MinGW (a compiler for Windows)
http://www.danedesigns.com/problem.avi
Unless "pointer" is a pointer to a character pointer, you're doing it wrong. Remove the: *
Quzah.
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Here is more of the code:
char arr[50][100];
char *pointer;
arr[0][0] = "string";
*pointer = arr[0][0];
printf("%s", *pointer);
Shouldn't that print out "string"?
Last edited by tox0tes; 05-21-2009 at 08:28 PM.
Unless "pointer" is a pointer to a character pointer, you're doing it wrong. Remove the: *
I could have sworn I just typed that up there a bit...
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
after removing the star, instead of getting "string" as an output, I get "s '"
That's because you're still using %c. Either that or because your assignment of the string as you've attempted, is horribly wrong.Code:#include<stdio.h> int main( void ) { char array[] = "string"; char *ptr = array; printf("%s\n", ptr ); return 0; }
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
thanks for your help, i have figured out my problem.
