Structure problem

[QuincyEQ]

Hi, i'm having a problem with the following structure I created. I'm getting an error message that rd.name is not an l-value. I don't understand why the compiler is not recognizing it as an l-value. Here's the code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	struct record
	{
		char name[12];
		short age;
		int salary;
	};
	
	struct record rd;


	rd.name = "James Freda";
	rd.age = 24;
	rd.salary = 20000;
	
	printf("My name is %s, I am %h years old, and \
my salary is %d.  Not much huh?\n\n", rd.name,rd.age,rd.salary);

	return 0;
}

Thanks in advance for help anyone has to offer.

[thefroggy]

An array cannot be used as an lvalue. Try using strcpy():

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
	struct record
	{
		char name[12];
		short age;
		int salary;
	};
	
	struct record rd;


	strcpy(rd.name, "James Freda");
	rd.age = 24;
	rd.salary = 20000;
	
	printf("My name is %s, I am %h years old, and \
my salary is %d.  Not much huh?\n\n", rd.name,rd.age,rd.salary);

	return 0;
}

[Dave_Sinkula]

The %h is an incorrect format specifier; I think you want %hd.

#include <stdio.h>

struct record
{
   char name[12];
   short age;
   int salary;
};

int main(void)
{
   struct record rd = { "James Freda", 24, 20000 };

   printf("My name is %s, I am %hd years old, and "
          "my salary is %d.  Not much huh?\n\n",
          rd.name, rd.age, rd.salary);

   return 0;
}

/* my output
My name is James Freda, I am 24 years old, and my salary is 20000.  Not much huh?
*/

I chose to use an initialization for rd -- to show you another way to do the same thing -- instead of leaving it uninitialized and assigning to it later. You can only do initialization at the rd's definition, and you would need to do a strcpy() if you later wanted to change rd.name.

This code also shows a different way to split a long string.

[QuincyEQ]

Thanks to both of you for clearing this problem up. I also like the alternate way of defining the variables in the structure. I'm still working my way through these long books like "C Primer Plus", so I find having a great place like this message board to ask questions helps the learning process go faster. Thanks again.