char error

[mr.cool]

I am getting this error and i don't know what it means. this is my code, i do have header files but i didn't include them.

int main()
{
	[LIST=1]
[*]     cout<<"Welcome to guitar hero"<<endl;
[*]	cout<<"Try and press the correct letters on the line"<<endl;
[*]	cout<<"You will use the letters, Q,W,E,R,T, and 5"<<endl;
[*]	system("pause");
[*]	system("cls");

[*]	char movem[5][60];
[*]	for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
[*]	{
[*]	strcpy(movem[i],"          11                                               ");
[*]	cout<<movem[i]<<endl;
[*]	}
[*]	for(i=58;i>0;i--)
[*]	{
[*]		for(int x=0;x<5;x++);
[*]		{
[*]			cout<<movem[x]<<endl;
[*]		}
[*]		strcpy(movem[1][i],"Q");[B]//says the error is here[/B]
[*]		strcpy(movem[1][i+1]," ");
[*]	}

[*]	
[*]	return 0;
[*]}
[/LIST]

[B]The error is 
'strcpy' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char' to 'char *'[/B]

[Lerner]

On line 6 movem is declared as a two dimensional array of type char meaning each movem[a] is a string and each movem[a] is a char. strcpy requires two char *s, or strings if you prefer, so passing movem as in line 9 is correct but passing movem[1], a char, on line 18 and movem[1], also a char, on line 19, won't do.

[mr.cool]

i found out the problem, i just did movem[1][i]='Q'; this removed the errors but now im getting runtime errors. i don't know what going on.

[Lerner]

Post code, input used and expected output and maybe somebody can help you out. Runtime errors often result from buffer overflows, etc. I can't tell how long the string in line 9 is that you're trying to copy to movem, but it suspiciously longer than 59 char.

[mr.cool]

I have a run time error because of the character string. i don't know why there is an error though

[LIST=1]
[*]int main()
[*]{
[*]	int x;
[*]	int p;
[*]	cout<<"Welcome to guitar hero"<<endl;
[*]	cout<<"Try and press the correct letters on the line"<<endl;
[*]	cout<<"You will use the letters, Q,W,E,R,T, and 5"<<endl;
[*]	system("pause");
[*]	system("cls");

[*]	char movem[5][60];
[*]	for(int i=0;i<5;i++)
[*]	{
[*]	strcpy(movem[i],"          11                                               ");[B]//this is 58 characters, i counted[/B]
[*]	}
[*]	for(i=57;i>0;i--)
[*]	{
[*]		for(x=0;x<5;x++);
[*]			cout<<movem[x]<<endl;[B]//this is where it couts the whole array, sting by sting[/B]
[*]		
[*]		movem[0][i]='Q';[B]//suppose to make that index in the 2d array a Q[/B]
[*]		movem[0][i+1]=' ';[B]//suppose to make the previous place of the Q to blank space[/B]
[*]		for(p=0;p<1000000;p++)
[*]			cout<<"";
[*]		system("cls");
[*]	}

[*]	
[*]	return 0;
[*]}
[*]

[/LIST]

It is suppose to cout a Q moving across the screen but all that is shown on screen is garbage, it just shows weird symbols.

[hacker9801]

Do you need to memset() movem to null?

I'm not sure, I'm pretty much a beginner at C++. I'd compile it if it had newlines in the code tag...

[mr.cool]

im new to c++ also, and i have no idea what your talking about memset()

[littlestone]

for(x=0;x<5;x++);

delete the ';' at the end of this line

[mr.cool]

thanks, i found that out after playing with it for an hour.