"strcpy(string,char[int])" doesn't work?

Why doesn't it work? Is there a easy solution for this?

Thanks!

Source code:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
    char buffer[30];

    //n = 12

    static char list[] = "H,B,C,N,P,O,S,Se,F,Cl,Br,I";
    int size = sizeof list;

    int i;


    for(i=0; i<size; i++)
    {

        strcpy(buffer,list[i]);
        printf("%s",buffer);

    }

    return 0;
}

Error codes:

Code:

C:\CPP\mypermutation2\main.c||In function 'main':|
C:\CPP\mypermutation2\main.c|44|warning: passing argument 2 of 'strcpy' makes pointer from integer without a cast|
c:\program files (x86)\codeblocks\mingw\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.4.1\..\..\..\..\include\string.h|45|note: expected 'const char *' but argument is of type 'char'|
||=== Build finished: 0 errors, 1 warnings ===|

First where is line 44?

On line 20 of your posted code your second argument (list[i]) is a single character, you need to pass a C-string (a null character terminated character array) to strcpy(). Looking at your code it looks like you have defined your variable list incorrectly. You have defined it as a single character array but it looks like you want an array of array of characters.

Code:

    static char list[][3] = {"H","B","C","N","P","O","S","Se","F","Cl","Br","I"};
    int size = sizeof list / 3;

Jim

Woah....*mind explodes* That is.....awesome. Thank you!

also i edited the comments out so you don't have to waste your time reading notes :P

also i edited the comments out so you don't have to waste your time reading notes :P

You should have recompiled your modified code and posted the new error message. The purpose of posting the complete error messages is so we can easily find the line the compiler is complaining about. The reducing of the program to the smallest complete program possible that illustrates the problem is a good thing, as long as the errors match the source.

Jim

Ah ok, sorry about that. Will do that next time.