structures in CCS

[assaad]

Hi all
I am new to ccs and trying to learn it ,

I have wote this code to learn how structures work

[collink]

Which chip are you using and which compiler?

If I copy your code into a file on my end and pretend you were using a PIC18F2685 with compiler version 4.105 it has no errors.

[Wayne_]

The ability to copy a string into a char array using =
dc_motor1.name="drase";

has only recently been introduced into the CCS compiler. It is not C compliant.

To do it in C you would use strcpy, sprintf, memcpy or some other method where you loop through the array :-

strcpy(dc_motor1.name, "drase");

I am not sure if this is your problem though as we don't know what version of compiler you are using.

[smanzer]

Hi assaad,

The version number of any compiler has little to do with your question. Google struct and you will see lots of info like linked lists etc.

strcpy(dc_motor1.name,"drase");

// Should work fine...depending on how
// you define the struct, you may need:

strcpy(dc_motor1->name, "drase");

Keep at it, C is good, PIC's are great, and together they are amazing.

Steven
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[Wayne_]