Re: compiler error question

Which compiler?
Builds just fine under VS 2008.

Cheers

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 8:17 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> Hi All,
>   I need a function that adds an extra backslash to a file path that is
> returned by another function. I couldn't find any examples anywhere so I
> wrote one of my own and when I compile the code I get the following error:
>
> error C2666: '[]' : 2 overloads have similar conversions
>
> what does that mean? I wrote the original code on another dev machine and
> it works perfectly but when I copy the code to another machine, the one I'm
> sending this email from in fact, I get that error. the code I am using is
> written below.
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>     char str[] = "C:\\This\\is\\a\\test.exe";     //test path functional
> verification
>
>     //cycle through the string and add an extra backslash character
> whereever a single backslash is found
>     for(unsigned int X = 0; X < strlen(str); X++)
>     {
>          if(str[X] == ' \\ ' )         //error is here
>          {
>                printf("\\");
>          }
>          printf("%c", str[X]);      //and here
>     }
>     printf("\n");
>
>
>    //other code
>
> return(0);
> }
>
>  
>