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forStrings is basically a pointer-to-pointer-to-char<wbr />, not a pointer-to-char as expected by strcat.<br />
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Did you mean :<br />

<pre><code id="code-185495">char forStrings[2000] = &quot;&quot;;
strcat(forStrings,&quot;\n     irSTRING string(s&quot;);
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forStrings is basically a pointer-to-pointer-to-char, not a pointer-to-char as expected by strcat.

Did you mean :


char forStrings[2000] = "";
strcat(forStrings,"\n     irSTRING string(s");


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isn't that just similar with:<br />
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char forStrings[2000]
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isn't that just similar with:

char forStrings[2000]

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char *forStrings[2000] is not the same as char forStrings[2000]. The first is an array of 2000 pointers-to-char. The second is an array of 2000 char's.
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char *forStrings[2000] is not the same as char forStrings[2000]. The first is an array of 2000 pointers-to-char. The second is an array of 2000 char's.

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Similar, except for the initialization, without which it is not guaranteed that forStrings will be validly null terminated
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Similar, except for the initialization, without which it is not guaranteed that forStrings will be validly null terminated

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and when you do:<br />
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char forStrings[2000] = &nbsp;&quot; &quot;;<br />
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you're basically declaring an array of 2000 pointers to char?
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and when you do:

char forStrings[2000] =  " ";

you're basically declaring an array of 2000 pointers to char?

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char *forStrings[2000];<br />
strcat(forStrings,&quot;\n &nbsp; &nbsp; irSTRING string(s&quot;);<br />
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I tried to compile it using gcc and it gives me error :<br />
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:1371: warning: passing argument 1 of âstrcatâ from incompatible pointer type<br />

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char *forStrings[2000];
strcat(forStrings,"\n     irSTRING string(s");


I tried to compile it using gcc and it gives me error :

:1371: warning: passing argument 1 of âstrcatâ from incompatible pointer type


is this valid in both C and C++?

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