C++ may understand that line, but normal C will not.  If you want to copy a
string, you need to use the strcpy function (the prototype will be found in
string.h).  I don't know if CC5X includes any of the standard string
functions, but that's your problem.  The line you wrote will probably just
assign a pointer to string to point into ROM, leaving the original 10 bytes
reserved for string lost.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tobie Horswill [mailto:thorswil@VIDEOTRON.CA]
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:19 am
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [PIC]: C compilers


Sorry! I forgot to label my first post properly ...
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Hi,

    I'm currently trying out the CC5X Free compiler and was surprised to
find it doesn't seem to deal with strings at all. The first app I built
sends a 10 character string through the USART Tx pin.

I started by defining a char array (char string[10]; works ok) and then
tried to assign it a value (string = 'Hello!'; not ok).

I was only able to initialize my "string" by individualy giving values to
every byte in my array (string[0]='H'; string[1]='e'; and so on).

Is this a normal behaviour for a PIC C compiler ? Do the Hitec and CCS
compiler support strings ?

Tobie

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