Thread: Problem with a program...

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    Problem with a program...

    I've been working on an program for a class and I keep getting an error when I try to compile it. I can't find a way to fix it, so I thought I'd ask for help here.

    The program does a binary search to look up a student's name in a list. The user inputs a name, and that name is passed to a function that uses strcmp to perform the search on my list.

    The error:

    error C2664: 'strcmp' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char' to 'const char *'
    Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

    Parameter 2 is the name inputted by the user. This error occurs on the line where strcmp is used.

    Can anyone tell me what this means?

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    I need to see the code but imagine that your are passing the array wrong.
    post your function and i'll look

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    > error C2664: 'strcmp' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char' to 'const char *'
    You used single quotes instead of double quotes
    Code:
    strcmp( buff, 'a' );
    You forgot an ampersand
    Code:
    strcmp( buff, mystring[0] );
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    Ah, the problem was with the array. It seems that I left some brackets off at one point and just hadn't caught my mistake. Thanks for the help.

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