invalid char to char(pointer) conversion?
here is what i tried.
devcpp. winnapp.
Code:
char *buff;
buff = (char*)GlobalAlloc( GPTR, textlen + 1);
buff = buff[strcspn ( buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
get error
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `char' to `char*'
buff = GPTR buff[strcspn ( buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
get error
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `int' to `char*'
buff = GPTR buff[strcspn ( GPTR buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `int' to `char*'
buff = buff[strcspn ( GPTR buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c expected `)' before "buff"
buff = buff[strcspn ( (GPTR) buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c expected `)' before "buff"
buff = (GPTR) buff[strcspn ( (GPTR) buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `int' to `char*'
buff = buff[strcspn ( (char *) buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `char' to `char*'
buff = buff[strcspn ( &buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c cannot convert `char**' to `const char*' for argument `1' to `size_t strcspn(const char*, const char*)'
buff = buff[strcspn ( buff, '\n' )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `char' to `const char*'
buff = buff[strcspn ( buff, "\n" )] = "\0";
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `const char*' to `char'
buff = buff[strcspn ( buff, (char *) "\n" )] = '\0';
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c invalid conversion from `char' to `char*'
and back to the origial
buff = buff[strcspn ( buff, "\n" )] = '\0';
(char pointer ==> buff) = (char pointer ==> buff)[strcspn( (char pointer ==> buff) , (string ==> "\n" ) )] = ( char ==> '\0' ) ;
so....
buff = buff[strcspn ( buff, "\n" )] = GPTR '\0';
after adding (char *) one at a time then compile each of the three
buff = (char *) buff[strcspn ( buff, (char *) "\n" )] = (char *) '\0';
get error
2668 C:\Dev-Cpp\Project6\main.c [Warning] cast to pointer from integer of different size
<wimpers> arrrrgggghhhh! This prog needz a flee bath! </wimpers>