i am trying to use memcpy but it gives me a compile error
this is what i am doing
Code:char *temp; char space[21]; temp = malloc(5000); strncpy(space, " ", 21); memcpy(temp, space, 21);
what is wrong?
memcpy
i am trying to use memcpy but it gives me a compile error
this is what i am doing
Code:char *temp; char space[21]; temp = malloc(5000); strncpy(space, " ", 21); memcpy(temp, space, 21);
what is wrong?
What error might that be?Originally Posted by mbooka
7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*
the errors is on the memcpy line
Again, what might that error be.
my error that i get or the error i think is wrong with the code?
if it is the first one all i get is
"pass error"
after looking at my code for a couple of minutes i realise that it was my stupid fault and left out a small but significant ';'.
...
This is why we copy the code into our post and not rewrite it.
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You may want to consider doing something like this.Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> int main() { size_t size = 21; char *temp = malloc(size); if ( temp != NULL ) { memset(temp, ' ', size - 1); temp[size - 1] = '\0'; printf("temp = \"%s\"\n", temp); free(temp); } return 0; }
7. It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
40. There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.*
I will keep that in mind when memcpy doesnt seem to work.
Also with regards to SlyMaelstrom comment, i cant copy my code because i cant copy from cygwin. I work remotely on a unix machine on a windows platform.
Pipe your output to a text file. Open it, copy-paste. Or of course you could simply open up a text editor, type the error out as you see it... or the post box... Yeah, it's not real hard to figure out a way to tell us the actual error if you're not too freeking lazy to do it.
Quzah.
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
> i cant copy my code because i cant copy from cygwin
This is a load of BS - I do this all the time.
All you have to do is click on the properties icon in the title bar and enable editing (just like you would if it were a win32 console window).
Now post accurate information from now on, not heresay ramblings.
