Thread: invalid conversion from `char*' to `char'

This is a snippet of code

Code:

FROM THE MAIN FUNCTION:

Push(s1,check,line); /*s1 is a structure with elements 	Element *contents;
                                                        int top;
	                                                int lineST;
                      check is a string array
                      line is an integer */

PUSH FUNCTION ACCESSED FROM ANOTHER C FILE:

void Push(stackST *stackP, char* element, int line)
{

  /* Put information in array; update top. */
  char newelement[20];
  int i=0;
  int length = strlen(element);
  for (i=0;i<=length;i++)
	newelement[i++]=putchar(*element++);
  newelement[i] = '/0';
 stackP->contents[++stackP->top] = newelement;
  stackP->lineST=line;
}

I get the following warning and error for the line marked in bold
warning: multi-character character constant
error:invalid conversion from `char*' to `char'

I have twisted the code a lot. But cant figure the solution to this problem.