I have the following in my program:

struct ctype
{
..
char unit[12];
..} *head, *current;

and then a bit later

char* input (char*);

..

char* input (char *data)
{
        return data; //basically that's all it does

and then in another function

head->unit = input (head->unit);  //this gives me a "lvalue missing" error
every time!!!  The left side of the expression is obviously NOT missing!
Any ideas?

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|>
|>I have the following in my program:
|>
|>struct ctype
|>{
|>..
|>char unit[12];
|>..} *head, *current;
|>
|>and then a bit later
|>
|>char* input (char*);
|>
|>..
|>
|>char* input (char *data)
|>{
|>   return data; //basically that's all it does
|>}
|>
|>..
|>
|>and then in another function
|>
|>head->unit = input (head->unit);  //this gives me a "lvalue missing" error
|>every time!!!  The left side of the expression is obviously NOT missing!
|>Any ideas?
|>

The key to your dilema is the declaration of the struct member "unit".
It's declared as an array of characters, and you are using it like a
character pointer in the failing assignment.  You will either need to
modify your data structure to use (char *) or you will need to substitute
a str[n]cpy for the assignment.

This is an example of when it doesn't pay to think of an array identifier
as a pointer. :)

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: " |>
: " |>I have the following in my program:
: " |>
: " |>struct ctype
: " |>{
: " |>..
: " |>char unit[12];
: " |>..} *head, *current;
: " |>
: " |>and then a bit later
: " |>
: " |>char* input (char*);
: " |>
: " |>..
: " |>
: " |>char* input (char *data)
: " |>{
: " |>  return data; //basically that's all it does
: " |>}
: " |>
: " |>..
: " |>
: " |>and then in another function
: " |>
: " |>head->unit = input (head->unit);  //this gives me a "lvalue missing" error
: " |>every time!!!  The left side of the expression is obviously NOT missing!
: " |>Any ideas?
: " |>

: " The key to your dilema is the declaration of the struct member "unit".
: " It's declared as an array of characters, and you are using it like a
: " character pointer in the failing assignment.  You will either need to
: " modify your data structure to use (char *) or you will need to substitute
: " a str[n]cpy for the assignment.

: " This is an example of when it doesn't pay to think of an array identifier
: " as a pointer. :)

Argh!!!!  My C book said that char[] and *char are the same and demonstrated
it by char[offset] == *(char+offset)  I have to rewrite a lot of the code
because of this stupid problem :(

Thanks anyways!

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