You are declaring a pointer to a string. You need to declare an array of
characters like this instead...
char string2[256];
Brian
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From: Justin Ryan [PHT] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 5:12 PM
Subject: segfault on sprintf?
>hey guys, any idea why my program would segfault whenever I try to use
>sprintf? example program I wrote to try and find my error:
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int main()
>{
>char *string;
>char *string2;
>
>string = "blah";
>
>sprintf(string2, "%s is the string", string);
>
>printf("the string says %s", string2);
>
>return (0);
>}
>
>this segfaults, if i just use printf with string it works fine.. any
>input?
>
>-Justin
>
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