I have searched and searched, and found nothing to solve my problem. I am using Turbo C 2.1 to make a program, but for some reason my structures get wierd errors. Here is an example of what I am doing.
That compiles fine, but when I start to mess around with the stuff in the structureCode:struct charinfo { char name[20]; };
Or thisCode:charinfo.name = "Hello";
I keep getting errors. Am I doing this wrong? Or is it my compiler?Code:gets(charinfo.name);
Well here you are trying to assign a pointer to a constant array of characters to an array. This is not allowed. However you can do it at initalization:Code:charinfo.name = "Hello";
Also since charinfo is the name of your struct you can not use it as a variable. This is what is causing the problem with your gets(). As a side note there is NO REASON TO USE gets() EVER!Code:struct charinfo bob = { "Bob" };
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Ok so I changed it to this.
So I am not using the name of my struct. (I think)Code:struct playerinfo { char name[20]; } charinfo;
It ceases to work. I get "Illegal structure operation" errors on the lines where I do anything with charinfo.name.Code:scanf("%s",&charinfo.name);
>scanf("%s",&charinfo.name);
This is no better than gets, and now instead of reading a line you only go to the first whitespace. By the way, name is already a pointer, so the ampersand should be removed.
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It works! Thanks guys, now all I have to do is get this fgets to work...
Is it really that difficult?Code:fgets(charinfo.name, sizeof charinfo.name, stdin);
The syntax is not difficult. It's the output that doesn't work right. When I do a printf to show what the user typed in for charinfo.name, it shows what they typed in, then a newline with everything else in the printf.
WithWhat it should beCode:printf("%s, you have chosen to be a class.\n",charinfo.name);
What it isCode:VOX, you have chosen to be a class.
And it only does that with fgets and not scanf.Code:VOX , you have chosen to be a class.
Last edited by VOX; 11-28-2004 at 03:28 PM.
fgets copies the newline from the stream into your string. It's easy to get rid of:
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> char string[BUFSIZ]; char *p; fgets ( string, sizeof string, stdin ); p = strchr ( string, '\n' ); if ( p != NULL ) *p = '\0';
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Thanks, and does anyone know how I assign a string of text to a variable in my structure? Say I have
How would I put a string of text into the variable charinfo.classname?Code:struct playerinfo { char name[20]; int class; char classname[20]; } charinfo;
strcpy, strncpy, strcat, strncat, a loop, sprintf... You have several options.
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