Struct and string ?

[oldman]

x.name = fname, dont work, why ?
and how can I solve it ?

#include<stdio.h>

struct example
{
char name[10];
int year;
};

int main(void)
{
struct example x;
char fname[10] = "John";
int number = 1930;


x.name = fname;
x.year = number;

return 0;
}

oldman 1940

[prog-bman]

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=25765

[caroundw5h]

simple answer: your copying the adress and not the string itself. For that you use the strcpy function found in string.h

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

struct example
{
char name[10];
int year;
};

int main(void)
{
struct example x;
char fname[10] = "John";
int number = 1930;


strcpy(x.name, fname);
x.year = number;

puts(x.name);
printf("%d", x.year);

//getchar();

return 0;
}

You might want to take a look at the following links. If you are on structures already you should be familar with the string capabilities of C and its nuances.
some links

[Kleid-0]

I know you'd probably already know the solution by now lol, but just in case, Change This:

x.name = fname;

To This:

strcpy(x.name, fname);

Why? Because changing the value of an array in C has to be done item by item. In this case, the items would be in the form of a lot of char variables. I hope that makes things a little clearer.

---Edit---
caroundw5h just highlighted his code before I posted :(, and I didn't think of #including <string.h>, hmmmm :)