getting subscripted value is neither array nor pointer error

Code:

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int get_circuit(void)
{
  char buffer[100] = {0};  /* initialized to zeroes */
  int i,a, rc;
        float x;       

        char member0[10] = "test";

  FILE *fp = fopen(FILE_NAME_IN,"r");
  if (fp == NULL) {
    perror("Failed to open file \"myfile\"");
  return EXIT_FAILURE;
  }
  for (i = 0; (rc = getc(fp)) != EOF && i <        100; buffer[i++] = rc)
    ;
  fclose(fp);

        //print out the contents of buffer
        for(i=0;i<10;i++)
        {
                printf("buffer[%i] = %c\n",i,buffer[i]);

                if(buffer[i]==' ');
                {
                        x = atoi(buffer);
                        a++;
                }               
                printf("x = %f",x);
        }

        printf("ready to print the array");
        getchar();
        print_c_array(buffer);

        strcpy(x[0].name,member0);        //<- this is the line it refers to


          return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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The structure defined as a globlal

Code:

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struct components
{
char name[20];
float value;
}x[10];

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Thanks in advance, Mick

x refers to float x in this context not to your x[10] components array. Rename that float variable to something else in that function.