Please Prevent my Pointer Predicament.

[Brian]

I'm having some trouble with pointers and arrays, here's my code:

/*------------------------\ 
| I HATE POINTERS ARRGGGG |
|This program serves no   |
|purpose except so I can  |
|be told what is wrong    |
|with it, because I cant  |
|figure out these damn    | 
|pointers!                |
|Brian - 2002             |
\------------------------*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int changeToHello(char *thingToChange[BUFSIZ])
{
 strcpy(*thingToChange,"hello");
 return 0;
}

int main(void)
{
 char myString[] = "I like to read books";

 printf("\n%s",myString);
 changeToHello(&myString);
 printf("\n%s\n",myString);

 return 0;
}

You can see what it's supposed to do, but how do I fix it? Help is appriciated, Bri.

[Garfield]

Hmmm...try changing it to this and see if it works as wanted:

/*------------------------\ 
| I LOVE POINTERS ARRGGGG |
|This program serves no   |
|purpose except so I can  |
|be explain what is wrong |
|with it, because I can   |
|figure out these darn    | 
|pointers!                |
|Garfield - 2002          |
\------------------------*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int changeToHello(char *thingToChange)
{
 strcpy(thingToChange,"hello");
 return 0;
}

int main(void)
{
 char myString[] = "I like to read books";

 printf("\n%s",myString);
 changeToHello(myString);
 printf("\n%s\n",myString);

 return 0;
}

[Garfield]

Did it work? Is this what you wanted? Would you like me to explain what I changed and why?

[Brian]

hah! thanks.

[Garfield]

No problem. Glad I could help

[Brian]

Changing the commented area fixed the bug! I knew it was "darn" but I kept thinking "damn"

[Garfield]

Originally posted by Brian
Changing the commented area fixed the bug! I knew it was "darn" but I kept thinking "damn"

LOL