Copy string into an array of structures

[ushtabalakh]

struct Word {
  char *data;
  int count;
};

struct Word Words[500];

void main (){
	int distWordCount=0;
	char *s="foo";
	strcpy(Words[distWordCount].data ,s);

}

This code produces the following error
"Unhandled exception at 0x6cb7f6b2 (msvcr80d.dll) in a8.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation writing location 0x00000000."

And then it shows some assembly file in strcat.asm and one error.

I'm on ms visual c, what's the proper way of copying a string into one element of an array of structures?

 

[xwb]

You need to allocate the space for it first

   Words[distWordCount].data = malloc (strlen(s) + 1);
   strcpy(Words[distWordCount].data ,s);

 

[ushtabalakh]

Worked with

Words[distWordCount].data = (char *) malloc (strlen(s) + 1);

Thanks a lot

 

[cpjust]

You shouldn't cast malloc().

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