Re: [Dev-C++] strcpy x pointer array

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

How about vect[3] =3D new char[strlen("text")+1];

/Per W

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Zodiaq wrote:

> Hello Andr=E9 and all Dev-C++ users,
>
> Friday, March 7, 2003, 12:27:42 AM, Andr=E9 wrote as follows:
>
> AMB> 1. Please consider the following piece of code
>
> AMB>    #include <stdio.h>
> AMB>    #include <string.h>
> AMB>    ...
> AMB>    int main()
> AMB>    {
> AMB>       char *vect[100];
>
> AMB>       ...
> AMB>       /* line x */ vect[3]=3D"text";
> AMB>       ...
> AMB>       /* line y */ strcpy(vect[3], "text");
> AMB>       ...
> AMB>    }
> AMB>    ...
>
> AMB> 2. Both commands in lines x and y don=B4t gererate any compilation e=
rrors;
>
> AMB> 3. The command in line x works fine;
>
> You are asigning a new value for pointer at vect[3] which is ok...
>
> AMB> 4. Why the command in line y generates an execution error interrupti=
ng the
> AMB> execution of
> AMB>    the program?
>
> You are copying string "text" to const value "text" - pointer from
> line x points at this...
>
> Before line y, first get some space to hold new data:
> vect[3]=3D new char[ strlen( "text" )];
> now strcpy should work fine
>
>
> --
> regards, Zodiaq
>
>
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