Structures & Comparing

I have a structure into which I have wrote a record from a binary file

e.g.

struct customer{
char type;
float balance;
};

I am wanting to check if the type is I or R.

Say customer_ptr is a pointer to the structure.

strcmp won't work:

strcmp(customer_ptr->type, 'I');

because of the type mismatch in parameters.

So what's the best way to do this?

I'm also having a problem with strcpy. I'm wanting to copy a float value into 'balance' in the structure.

strcpy(customer_ptr->balance, float);
Again a type mismatch.

What am I missing??

Kitten

> What am I missing?
That
char type;
float balance;
are not strings, so you need different comparison functions.

> strcmp(customer_ptr->type, 'I');
should be
  if ( customer_ptr->type == 'I' ) {
  // match
  }

> strcpy(customer_ptr->balance, float);
should be
  customer_ptr->balance = 123.45;