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JoeG
JoeG

Reputation: 512

How to properly access a char element of a 2D array of strings for comparison using C?

I created an array of strings like this:

char header[4][100];

I am then trying to access the first char of the 3rd element in the string array and compare it.

I tried: 

strcmp(header[2][0], "/");

Gives me an error of :

comparison between pointer and integer

and also:

const char* tempheader2 = header[2];
const char* firstCharTempHeader = tempheader2[0];
strcmp(firstCharTempHeader , "/");

Gives errors of :

comparison between pointer and integer

initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast

I feel like i am missing something fundamental here...

If this is a duplicate, please mark it. I cant find anything but i might not be searching the right thing

Upvotes: 1

Views: 79

Answers (1)

Govind Parmar
Govind Parmar

Reputation: 21572

header[2][0] is a single char, not a char * like strcmp expects.

To compare single characters, just use the regular == operator and single quotes:

if(header[2][0] == '/')

Upvotes: 4

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