cannot convert from 'char' to 'const char *

[jamez05]

I'm using VisualC++ 4.0.

I'm having a hard time trying to write an array to a list.
I get a "cannot convert parameter 2 from 'char' to 'const char *" error when I try to compile it.

Here's the declaration of the array:

char	bconf[MAXBND+1];	/* Bond CONFormation: ' ',c,t,C,T,E,Z */

Here's how I'm trying to put it in a list. The list gets passed to a different application later:

			char CFbconf[1000];//bconf[MAXBND + 1]



			for (i = 0 ; i <= MAXBND + 1 ; i++) {

				if (strlen(CFbconf) > 1) {
					strcat(CFbconf,",");	
				}
				
				strcat(CFbconf,bconf[i]);
			

		
			}

 

[HyperEngineer]

Try this:

     char CFbconf[1000];//bconf[MAXBND + 1]
        for (i = 0 ; i <= MAXBND + 1 ; i++)
        {
           if (strlen(CFbconf) > 1)
           {
              strcat(CFbconf,",");    
           }
           strcat(CFbconf, (const char*) bconf[i]);
        }

Hope this works for you.

HyperEngineer
If it ain't broke, it probably needs improvement.

 

[cpjust]

If that works, you can also do the same thing without the cast like this:

strcat( CFbconf, bconf + i );

 

[HyperEngineer]

It works. Tried it out. But I like cpjust's way. It is a little cleaner. Less bulky.

HyperEngineer
If it ain't broke, it probably needs improvement.

 

[ArkM]

It's not only cleaner: it's a right way because of bconf is a char, not a pointer to char. Type of bconf (in expression) is pointer to char, so bconf+1 is a pointer to i-th element of this array (pointer arithmetics).

But if your strange (undeclared here) bconf pointer refers to the same array CFbconf, you will have troubles (overlapped strings in strcat == crash sooner or later...

 

[jamez05]

Thanks everyone for your help. Slowly getting the hang of C++ programming, but a long way to go.