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    simple question

    I have a really simple problem.
    I forgot how to assign a message to a string with a counter.

    I thought it was something like this:
    Code:
    startunit[i] = "mm";
    but it does not work


    Any help tonight would be great. I have a program due in 12 hrs, and this is the main problem right now.

    thanks.

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    Code:
    strcpy(startunit[i], "mm");
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    When I tried
    Code:
    strcpy(startunit[i], "mm");
    I got the error
    Code:
    83 C:\Dev-Cpp\final.c [Warning] passing arg 1 of `strcpy' makes pointer from integer without a cast
    I defined the string as
    Code:
    char startunit [5];

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    strcpy(startunit,"mm");

    or

    strcpy(&startunit[3],"mm");

    The second one will probably create garbage in front of the "mm"

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    or this
    Code:
    startunit[i]='m'
    startunit[i+1]='m'
    Of course i must be incrimented by at least 2 eah iteration otherwise you would be overwriting the second char.

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