Thread: Warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast

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    Warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast

    Hey everybody. I'm trying to make a simple calculator program and I got "warning: assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast" four times on lines 17, 19, 21, and 23. Here's the source.
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    int main()
    {
    	int int1;
    	int operate;
    	int int2;
    	int presult = (int1 + int2);
    	int mresult = (int1 - int2);
    	int xresult = (int1 * int2);
    	int dresult = (int1 / int2);
    
    	printf("Input: ");
    	scanf("%i%s%i", &int1, &operate, &int2);
    	
    	if (operate = "+")
    		printf("Result: %i\n", presult);
    	if (operate = "-")
    		printf("Result: %i\n", mresult);
    	if (operate = "*")
    		printf("Result: %i\n", xresult);
    	if (operate = "/")
    		printf("Result: %i\n", dresult);
    	
    	return 0;
    }
    I have no clue what the problem is. Can someone help?

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    1. operate is an integer.
    2. "+" is a string.
    3. = is assignment.
    4. == is an equality test.
    5. You can't test strings for equality using ==.
    6. You can't assign strings to integers.


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    OK, I replaced int operate; with char *operate; and it compiled without error. But when I start it, I get "Floating point exception".
    Last edited by Babkockdood; 04-24-2010 at 04:40 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Babkockdood View Post
    OK, I replaced int operate; with char *operate; and it compiled without error. But when I start it, I get "Floating point exception".
    For one thing, that does not allocate any actual space for whatever string scanf might read in. I doubt that making just one change would allow it to compile without error. What compiler are you using, and what sort of warnings have you got turned on. What does your updated code look like now?
    Last edited by kermit; 04-24-2010 at 04:53 PM.

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