Thread: assignment makes int from pointer w/o cast

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    Hamster without a wheel iain's Avatar
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    assignment makes int from pointer w/o cast

    i am getting a warning:
    assignment makes integer from pointer without a cast

    i am compiling with gcc on slackware 10 but its a general language question which is why its not posted to linux programming.

    this is the function that is generating the error

    Code:
    void clearPacketArray(void)
    {
      int i;
      for (i=0; i <= MAXPACKETLEN; i++) 
            {
                packet[i] = NULL;
             }
    }
    packet is a globally declared char array of size MAXPACKETLEN
    which is declared as follows at the top of the program
    Code:
    #define MAXPACKETLEN 256
    i have tried changing it to
    packet[i] = "";
    and
    packet[i] = '';

    all result in the same warning which i would like to rid from my program
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    Quote Originally Posted by iain
    packet is a globally declared char array of size MAXPACKETLEN
    You mean like char packet[MAXPACKETLEN] ?
    If so, try

    Code:
    packet[i] = '\0';
    main() { int O[!0<<~-!0]; (!0<<!0)[O]+= ~0 +~(!0|!0<<!0); printf("a function calling "); }

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    NULL is a pointer
    '\0' is the nul character (which you want)

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    Code:
      for (i=0; i <= MAXPACKETLEN; i++)
    Are you sure about that?
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    setting it to '/0' remedied the error

    for (i=0; i <= MAXPACKETLEN; i++)
    ahh yeah, that was silly - thanks for pointing that out
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