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Xyhm · Apr 5th, 2006, 10:03 AM

First you declare startPtr as "struct playerRec startPtr;" (i.e, a non-pointer), then you try to use it as a pointer with "startPtr->historyPtr = tmpPtr".

The declaration should either be "struct playerRec * startPtr" (and then of course then you need to fill that pointer with the appropriate struct), or the assignments to startPtr should be in the form "startPtr.historyPtr = tmpPtr". That is, with "." and not "->".

Or at least that's what I think after a fairly quick look.

Apr 5th, 2006, 10:03 AM	#2
Xyhm Programmer Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 60 Rep Power: 3	First you declare startPtr as "struct playerRec startPtr;" (i.e, a non-pointer), then you try to use it as a pointer with "startPtr->historyPtr = tmpPtr". The declaration should either be "struct playerRec * startPtr" (and then of course then you need to fill that pointer with the appropriate struct), or the assignments to startPtr should be in the form "startPtr.historyPtr = tmpPtr". That is, with "." and not "->". Or at least that's what I think after a fairly quick look. Last edited by Xyhm; Apr 5th, 2006 at 10:16 AM.