Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!dftsrv!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Question: C string/structure confusion Keywords: C, STRING, STRUCTURE Message-ID: <23586@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 8 Apr 90 18:48:28 GMT References: <78932@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <23571@mimsy.umd.edu> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 11 In article <23571@mimsy.umd.edu> I wrote: >... char **item; /* this may be wrong, but I want a arbitrary >... ...item[0] = "Item0"; >This is a type mismatch. Oops. My brain was on fire. Sorry about that. The types do match; the problem (as given by the rest of my article) is that the `item' pointer has no valid value. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris