Thread: invalid lvalue in assignment

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    invalid lvalue in assignment

    When compile, the red line is
    error, invalid lvalue in assignment
    How to fix this?
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    
    #define MAX 30
    
    int main()
    {
        int customerCount=0;
        char input[32];
        char drinks[MAX][10];
        char smallLarge[MAX][6];
        char hotCold[MAX][5];
        int i=0;
    
        printf("How many people are at your table?: ");
        fgets(input,32,stdin);
        sscanf(input,"%d",&customerCount);
    
        if(customerCount==0)
            {
            printf("END");
            exit(0);
            /*summary*/
            }
    
        printf("\n\nChoose what type of drink would you like.\n\n");
    
        while(customerCount!=0)
            {
            do
                {
                printf("Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, or Ovaltine?: ");
                fgets(input,32,stdin);
                sscanf(input,"%s",drinks[i]);
                }
            while(strlen(drinks[i])==0);
    
            do
                {
                printf("Small or Large?: ");
                fgets(input,32,stdin);
                sscanf(input,"%s",smallLarge);
                }
            while(strlen(smallLarge[i])==0);
    
            do
                {
                printf("Hot or Cold?: ");
                fgets(input,32,stdin);
                sscanf(input,"%s",hotCold);
                }
            while(strlen(hotCold[i])==0);
    
            if(strcmp(drinks[i],"None")=0)
                {
                printf("BILL");
                exit(0);
                /*print bill*/
                }
            }
    }

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    The = should be ==.
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    Just a FYI.
    If you look at the line strcmp(drinks[i],"None")=0, there are two "sides":
    Left side: strcmp(drinks[i],"None")
    Right side: 0
    The left side is called lvalue.
    The right side is called rvalue.
    So the compiler basically says "you cannot assign 0 to strcmp(drinks[i],"None")".

    And as laserlight points out, comparison is done using ==, not =. That's assign.
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