Thread: Simple Basic Struct Prob.

Code:

Good Day All,

I'm currently learning C from a book and unfortunately, is stuck rather embarassingly at struct. I tried the seach for structure array but the problems posted were all (hopefully only at the moment) beyond my league. 

In the code below, I am unable to initialise char in struct nor outputting it onto the screen. What I receive however, are funny numbers (for char !!!) that seem more like the memory's address to me. 

Ps. I spent the last 5 hours trying to figure out what's wrong and would really appreciate any help. I'm using visual c++ on 98se.

Many Tks n regards

Code:
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#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct airline{
    int id;
    int assign;
    char name[21];
}Plane;

int main()
{
    Plane seat[12];
    int i;

    for (i=0; i<=11; i++){
        seat[i].id = i;                           /*random test value*/
        seat[i].assign = (i+2)%2;        /*random test value*/
        seat[i].name = "fruitless try";
    }

    for (i=0; i<=11; i++)
        printf("%-2d   %d   %d\n", seat[i].id, seat[i].assign, seat[i].name);

    return 0;
}

seat[i].name = "fruitless try";

You cannot assign strings this way. You need to use something like strcpy or strncpy.

Quzah.