Just for clarification: strcpy (bfield_data.best_ratio.name, fread_string (fp));
Or did you mean: char *tmp; tmp = fread_string (fp); strcpy (bfield_data.best_ratio.name, tmp); Actually, those two above may more or less do the same thing. Not sure, though. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin Groothuis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: Re: reading from files, fread_string > On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:25:49PM -0500, Jeremy Hill wrote: > > Howdy once again. > > > > Structure: > > struct { > > ... > > struct > > { > > char name[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH]; > > } best_ratio; > > ... > > } bfield_data; > > > > > > When reading from a file, this isn't working: > > bfield_data.best_ratio.name = fread_string (fp); > > > > (bfio.c:192: incompatible types in assignment) > > > > How can I get around this? I'm trying to steer away from using pointers on the > > structure itself as I am inexperienced with them. Any ideas? > > use strcpy() here. Keep in mind that you should throw away the > return pointer afterwards anyway. > > Edwin > -- > Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: > bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ >
