Thread: Unable to assign to a variable

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    Question Unable to assign to a variable

    Code:
    for (i=0;i<size;i++)
        {
            for (j=0;j<size;j++)
            {
                if(fscanf(ip_file,"%d",&sudoku[i][j])==1)
                {         
                          //copy to TempArr
                          TempArr[i][j]==sudoku[i][j];
                }
                else
                {
                    perror ("fscanf failed on input file.\n");
                    // return error
                }
            }
        }
    Here I'd like to copy sudoku[][] to TempArr[][] but when I checked the values of TempArr[][], they are completely different. Why this is happening.

    When I removed
    Code:
    if(fscanf(ip_file,"%d",&sudoku[i][j])==1)
    , and replaced with TempArr[][], its working.

    Why this is happening and how to handle this situation.

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    You accidentally used comparison operator == when you wanted to use copy assignment operator =.
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    Solved!

    Yeah, got it. I wasn't looking at it. Thanks.

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