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GoSmash
GoSmash

Reputation: 1108

Character constant too long for its type

Code:

char menu_list[] = {'Boiled egg', 'Corn flakes', 'Gobi 65', 'Chicken 65', 'Basandi'};

Am a new to c programming i just wanted to make an array of string, but am getting an waring as below. can anyone please tell me why its happening. Its a c program.

main_menu.c:226: warning: large integer implicitly truncated to unsigned type
main_menu.c:226:36: warning: character constant too long for its type

Upvotes: 1

Views: 34782

Answers (2)

X Zhang
X Zhang

Reputation: 307

Change char menu_list[] to char * menu_list[] and use "Boiled egg" rather than 'Boiled egg'.

The final code should look like

char *menu_list[] = {"Boiled egg", "Corn flakes"};

Upvotes: 1

pinkpanther
pinkpanther

Reputation: 4808

You should use double quotes for string lliteral, and you are wrongly declaring the array.

Perhaps you are looking for thiss.

char *menu_list[] = {"Boiled egg", "Corn flakes", "Gobi 65", "Chicken 65", "Basandi"};

Upvotes: 12

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