Initializing one array to another?

how could i over come this error "ISO C++ forbids assignment of arrays"?

heres the code;

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Vehicles[Number_of_Vehicles].Parts[i].Condition = Condition;

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both Condition's are character arrays of 10. i just need them to be equal to each other.




thanks,

memmove

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Originally Posted by vart

memmove

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come again?

> both Condition's are character arrays of 10
So make them both std::string which will improve the overall safety of your code, and get you the ability to assign them with =

Or use strcpy()

What you're probably looking for is the memcpy() function. It takes three parameters: the destination, the source, and the number of bytes to copy. In your case, you'd use it as follows:

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memcpy(Vehicles[Number_of_Vehicles].Parts[i].Condition, Condition, 10*sizeof(char));

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if condition is an array, you can't copy one array into another.

use memcpy or, better yet, std::vector.

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Originally Posted by Salem

> both Condition's are character arrays of 10
So make them both std::string which will improve the overall safety of your code, and get you the ability to assign them with =

Or use strcpy()

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it is if they are null-terminated strings, of course

if it is just char-array and not a c-string memove or memcpy will do the trick

thanks guys, memcpy has done the trick.