"Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the following variable in my code:
>
> char display_string[41];
>
> When I try to execute the following statement:
>
> StrPrintF(display_string, "%s:%c:%s", "str1", 'R', "str");
>
> I get an error: "my application (version) has just written directly to
> memory manager data structures."
>
> The problem seems to have something to do with the 'R' character I am
trying
> to substitute, because:
>
> StrPrintF(display_string, "%s:%s:%s", "str1", "R", "str2");
>
> works correctly. Interestingly, if I do this:
>
> char c = 'R';
> StrPrintF(display_string, "%s:%c:%s", "str1", c, "str2");
>
> it works fine.
When the compiler sees the literal 'R', it creates an int having the
value 82. You've told StrPrintF to expect a char at that place in the
argument list. That's why you don't get the error if you use
char c = 'R';
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Roger Chaplin
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