conversion to non-scalar type requested error

[venu reddy]

Hi all,
I wrote an example code like this. I am getting error as " conversion
to non-scalar type requested error". help me!!.
#include<string.h>
typedef struct
{
int val;
char data[10];
}xyz;

main()
{

xyz a={10,"abcdefg"};
int i=0;
char data[20]={0};//={1,2,5,'c'};
void *ptr=data;
ptr=memcpy(data,&a,sizeof(xyz));

printf("%s ptr=%u data= %u \n",data,ptr,data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n",((xyz)data).val,(xyz)data.data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n",(xyz*)ptr->val,(xyz*)ptr->data);

}
for the above progrmme i am getting errors like this (compiled in gcc)

structCharmap.c: In function `main':
structCharmap.c:22: error: conversion to non-scalar type requested
structCharmap.c:22: error: request for member `data' in something not
a structure or union
structCharmap.c:23: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer
structCharmap.c:23: error: request for member `val' in something not a
structure or union
structCharmap.c:23: warning: dereferencing `void *' pointer
structCharmap.c:23: error: request for member `data' in something not
a structure or union

My intention is, to typecast char* data to the structure and getting
the data.

ThanQ,
venu

[Martin Ambuhl]

venu reddy wrote:

Hi all,
I wrote an example code like this. I am getting error as " conversion
to non-scalar type requested error". help me!!.
#include<string.h>
typedef struct
{
int val;
char data[10];
}xyz;

main()
{

xyz a={10,"abcdefg"};
int i=0;
char data[20]={0};//={1,2,5,'c'};
void *ptr=data;
ptr=memcpy(data,&a,sizeof(xyz));

printf("%s ptr=%u data= %u \n",data,ptr,data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n",((xyz)data).val,(xyz)data.data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n",(xyz*)ptr->val,(xyz*)ptr->data);

}
for the above progrmme i am getting errors like this (compiled in gcc)

You should get even more diagnostics from gcc. You have your diagnostic
level set far too low. You have no reason at all to think you can cast
a char array to a struct. If you *must* play with type punning, almost
always a bad idea, here is a better form of your code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct
{
int val;
char data[10];
} xyz;

int main(void)
{
xyz a = { 10, "abcdefg" };
char data[sizeof a];
void *ptr = data;
ptr = memcpy(data, &a, sizeof a);

printf("%s ptr=%p data= %p\n", data, (void *) ptr, (void *) data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n", (*(xyz *) data).val,
(*(xyz *) data).data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n", ((xyz *) ptr)->val,
((xyz *) ptr)->data);
return 0;
}

[Barry Schwarz]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:41:09 -0500, Martin Ambuhl
<ma*****@earthlink.netwrote:

>venu reddy wrote:

>Hi all,
I wrote an example code like this. I am getting error as " conversion
to non-scalar type requested error". help me!!.
#include<string.h>
typedef struct
{
int val;
char data[10];
}xyz;

main()
{

xyz a={10,"abcdefg"};
int i=0;
char data[20]={0};//={1,2,5,'c'};
void *ptr=data;
ptr=memcpy(data,&a,sizeof(xyz));

printf("%s ptr=%u data= %u \n",data,ptr,data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n",((xyz)data).val,(xyz)data.data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n",(xyz*)ptr->val,(xyz*)ptr->data);

}
for the above progrmme i am getting errors like this (compiled in gcc)

You should get even more diagnostics from gcc. You have your diagnostic
level set far too low. You have no reason at all to think you can cast
a char array to a struct. If you *must* play with type punning, almost
always a bad idea, here is a better form of your code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct
{
int val;
char data[10];
} xyz;

int main(void)
{
xyz a = { 10, "abcdefg" };
char data[sizeof a];

But there is no guarantee that data is properly aligned to hold an
object of type xyz.

void *ptr = data;
ptr = memcpy(data, &a, sizeof a);

printf("%s ptr=%p data= %p\n", data, (void *) ptr, (void *) data);
printf("val=%u data=%s\n", (*(xyz *) data).val,
(*(xyz *) data).data);

If data is not properly aligned, this invokes undefined behavior.
Furthermore, val is a signed int but %u expects an unsigned int.

printf("val=%u data=%s\n", ((xyz *) ptr)->val,
((xyz *) ptr)->data);
return 0;
}

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