Passing char*

[Perro Flaco]

Hi everybody!

I would like to know what Im doing wrong here:

void name_function(char *filename) {
....
}

name_function("file.txt");

When I try to execute this, it doesn't work. "filename" is null, and I
dont know why.

Any suggestions?

Thank you very much!!!

[Gavin Deane]

Perro Flaco wrote:

Hi everybody!

I would like to know what Im doing wrong here:

void name_function(char *filename) {
...
}

name_function("file.txt");

When I try to execute this, it doesn't work. "filename" is null, and I
dont know why.

Any suggestions?

Thank you very much!!!

Nothing seems wrong with the code snippets you've posted. When I run
the program below, I see

file.txt

printed as I would expect.

#include <iostream>

void name_function(char *filename)
{
std::cout << filename << "\n";
}

int main()
{
name_function("file.txt");
}

Can you post a minimal, complete program that demonstrates your
problem, following the guidelines in
http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...t.html#faq-5.8, and
people will be able to help.

Gavin Deane

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:27:15 -0800, Perro Flaco wrote:

void name_function(char *filename) {
...
}
}
name_function("file.txt");

You are passing a constant and not a pointer. Try: void
name_function(const char *filename)

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[Gavin Deane]

Gavin Deane wrote:

#include <iostream>

void name_function(char *filename)
Should be

void name_function(const char *filename)

to avoid the deprecated conversion from string literal to non-const
char*, but I don't think that is the OP's problem.
{
std::cout << filename << "\n";
}

int main()
{
name_function("file.txt");
}

Gavin Deane

[Gavin Deane]

Michael Rasmussen wrote:

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 03:27:15 -0800, Perro Flaco wrote:

void name_function(char *filename) {
...
}
}
name_function("file.txt");

You are passing a constant and not a pointer. Try: void
name_function(const char *filename)

I don't think that, in itself, that is the OP's problem. The conversion
from string literal to non-const char* is deprecated and should be
avoided, but it's not technically incorrect.

Of course, if the data pointed to by filename is modified in any way
inside name_function, that's undefined behaviour and all bets are off.
That could be the OP's problem, but without seeing the code, who knows
....

Gavin Deane

[Default User]

Perro Flaco wrote:

Hi everybody!

I would like to know what Im doing wrong here:

void name_function(char *filename) {
...
}

name_function("file.txt");

When I try to execute this, it doesn't work. "filename" is null, and I
dont know why.

Any suggestions?

Yes. Post a complete, minimal program that demonstrates the problem.

Brian
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[Perro Flaco]

Thank you very much for your interest and your help. Thanks!!! And
please, forgive me for replaying so late. I've been really busy at
work.

Well, I guess I found the problem. I was calling "name_function", after
doing some "strcat" operation with the "file.txt" char, and I think I
was doing something wrong with this function (strcat), because now
everything is working withouy any problem.

Again, thanks for your help!!!