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Top Forums Programming `strcat' makes pointer from integer without a cast Post 302262514 by cdbug on Thursday 27th of November 2008 06:53:53 PM
Old 11-27-2008
`strcat' makes pointer from integer without a cast

A question to ask.

seq1 = "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee";
seq2 = "dddddddddddddddddddd";
char a = '*';

strcat(*seq2, &a);
strcat(*seq1, seq2);

compilation
warning: passing arg 1 of `strcat' makes pointer from integer without a cast

thanks
 

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