Thread: (The same) segmentation error problem.

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    Exclamation (The same) segmentation error problem.

    I have a structure
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      typedef struct node{
        int rownum;
        char content[MAXCOL];
        struct node *next;
       }nodez;
    and i want to copy a (global) string named TBUFF into content ( located in the structure ).
    Code:
    strcpy(last->content,TBUFF);
    Using the above line results in a segmentation error.
    Please help me.
    Thanks in advance.
    Last edited by progue; 10-31-2007 at 08:35 AM. Reason: Minor changes

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    is "last" a valid pointer?

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    Oh... didnt think about validity of last pointer.

    If i assume that "Last" points to a valid location.
    Code:
    last->content
    Will the above statement give me the base address of the content *string*. Will the above statement do what it is supposed to do.
    Last edited by progue; 10-31-2007 at 08:57 AM.

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    Yes, there's nothing wrong with your strcpy(). Which is why I asked about "last" being valid or not.

    The other option is of course that you are copying beyond the size of your buffer, in this case more than MAXCOL bytes.

    It is probably a good idea if you post a little bit more of the code at this point, as it may be something else that is causing the problem - only that it APPEARS when you try to copy the string.

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    No.. i better not, i have already posted partial 'C' code 2 times. Thanks a lot for the help matsp. I really appreciated the quick responce.

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