Thread: Anything wrong with this declaration?

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    Anything wrong with this declaration?

    There doesnt seem to be anything wrong with it, but for some reason my program is crashing when it gets to the following statement.

    This is the declaration:
    Code:
    typedef		struct word{
    	char name[25];
    	int count;
    	struct word *next;
    	}	WRD;

    and this is the line in my code it doesn't like:
    Code:
    if (tempName[j] != p->name[j])

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    >if (tempName[j] != p->name[j])
    Is p declared like this?

    WRD *p;

    If so, do you also assign memory to it?

    p = &someWord;

    or

    p = malloc(sizeof *p);

    At the time of the crash, is j out of bounds? Less than 0 or greater than 24?

    Just a hint for future debugging, most often when you crash at runtime, the bug is earlier in the code than the line where you actually die.
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    >if (tempName[j] != p->name[j])

    if (strcmp(tempName[j], p->name[j]) != 0)

    I don't know why it's crashing though.

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    Originally posted by swoopy
    >if (tempName[j] != p->name[j])

    if (strcmp(tempName[j], p->name[j]) != 0)

    I don't know why it's crashing though.
    should it stay if (tempName[j] != p->name[j]) ?

    he's just comparing two characters

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    >should it stay if (tempName[j] != p->name[j]) ?

    >he's just comparing two characters

    Yes, you're right Scappy. Scratch that. I guess I wasn't thinking.

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