hi

i need to read a list of file names from a txt file into an array. i am getting some weird error i think it is caused by me not understanding properly how to deal with pointers. This is the code :

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STRING* cabezaSkins[10];

filehandle = file_open_read("skins_cabeza_cfg.txt");
if (filehandle != 0)
{
STRING* file = "";
var i;
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
file_str_read(filehandle, file);
cabezaSkins[i] = file;
}
}
file_close(filehandle);
//////////////////////////

when the loop finishes all files are the same as the last one. It seems to me that when I do cabezaSkins[i] = file; they point to the same part of memory (file pointer). I need to get the actual string which is different in each loop into its array position. I tried doing str_cpy(cuerpoSkins[i], file); but this crashes the appplication on startup.

So the question is, how do i get the actuall string out of the STRING* pointer and copy it into another pointer, or better into a position inside an array of string pointers?

is there any tutorial on this kind of issues, i find strings and arrays of pointers really confusing. I have done some C++ recently but not enough i guess.

thanks

enrike

ok. i found the solution. first i need to initialise the array items inside a function, otherwise it crashes
http://www.opserver.de/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=301401#Post301401

then, of course!, i need to do
str_cpy(cuerpoSkins[i], file);
instead of
cuerpoSkins[i]= file;

Dunno if it is c-script friendly or not, but try looking in
the manual under txt_load( TEXT*,STRING* filename).

May be able to save some coding...