Question involving Array and Char

[KMAN999]

My Goal is to attach whats in a array into one continuous string, i declare a char DataEntry[200];

	 strcpy(DataEntry,program_id[0]);
	 strcat(DataEntry," ");
	 strcat(DataEntry,program_name[0]);
	 
     for(k = 0; k <= val2; k++)
	 {
	 strcat(DataEntry," ");
	 strcat(DataEntry,user_id_E[k]);
	 }

However i get an error saying Warning 86: argument 2 conflicts, Any ideas to resolve this issue?

[Salem]

One of the things you're trying to strcat isn't a char array.

We can't tell from here, you didn't post enough information.

[stahta01]

user_id_E[k]

Things like above normally are not pointers

Try

&user_id_E[k]

Tim S.

[KMAN999]

The & sign works great for the first two arrays however within the for loop it crashes with the same error above Warning 86: argument 2 conflicts

strcpy(DataEntry,&program_id[0]);
	 strcat(DataEntry," ");
	 strcat(DataEntry,&program_name[0]);
	 
     for(k = 0; k < val2; k++)
	 {
	  strcat(DataEntry," ");
	  strcat(DataEntry, &user_id_E[k]); 
	 }

[rags_to_riches]

You simply haven't given us enough information. We have no idea what the datatypes of any of your variables are. There's probably even an easier way to do what you're trying to do, but again...not enough info.

[Salem]

Strange, I still can't see any TYPE information for those variables.

&array[pos] may be correct (from a type point of view), but it seems unlikely to be what you want.

char array[] = "hello";

inside your for loop, would see something like this generated.
helloellolloloo

[KMAN999]

Sorry here is more of the coding

char program_id_E [30] = {"FUPOPER"};
char program_name_E [30] = {"$dsmscm.oper*.fup"};
char user_id_E [31][30]  ={"stuff","stuff.*"};
char command_E [31][30] = {"load", "copy"};
int k, x, j, val1, val2, val3;

main()
{

strcpy(DataEntry,&program_id_E[0]);
	 strcat(DataEntry," ");
	 strcat(DataEntry,&program_name_E[0]);
	 
     for(k = 0; k < val2; k++)
	 {
	  strcat(DataEntry," ");
	  strcat(DataEntry,&user_id_E[k]); 
	 }
		 
}

[Salem]

OK, so perhaps

strcpy(DataEntry,program_id_E);  // same as &arr[0], but less complex
	 strcat(DataEntry," ");
	 strcat(DataEntry,program_name_E); // ditto
	 
     for(k = 0; k < val2; k++)
	 {
	  strcat(DataEntry," ");
	  strcat(DataEntry,user_id_E[k]); // same "pointer" value, but a different type (one where it won't complain)
	 }