how to pass a string to function

[vijay s]

i need a help in passing a string to function..
in my application i'm using usart to send a string continuosly.
for ex..void usart(int *a); //function declaration
{
while(*a)
putc(*a++);
}

function call
usart("hello world");

it shows a error "attempting to create a pointer for constant"


but i can able to do this coding in other cross compilers like hitech.. how to solve this
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with regards
vijay s

[andrewg]

CCS puts strings into ROM, while pointers only point into RAM. I know there are some options to force constants into RAM, but I'm not very familiar with them. However, I do know that CCS supports a language extension where strings are automatically passed character-by-character to functions, so:

[PCM programmer]

If you use the following #device statement, then you can do it:

[Guest]

i want to send a starting and ending characters.
so i wrote a method

[PCM programmer]

You need to read the CCS manual. There is a function that accepts
a pointer to a string, but it's not putc(). Please read the manual.

Also, please follow the links in previous posts. If you follow the link
in my previous post, you will find an example.