Passing string with variable length to function

[Georg Prinz]

Hi folks,
does anybody have an idea why following code cannot pass a string to a function (i use PCW 3.212 and a 18Pic252 chip):

void LCDstr(char *strptr)
{
char pi, ch, punto[22];

pi = 0;
for(pi=0;strptr[pi];pi++) punto[pi]=strptr[pi]);
.......
}

......

void main(void)
{
.......

LCDstr("Hi CCS Forum");

......
}

The array punto[pi] receives garbage only!!!javascript:emoticon('').

Thank you for for help in advance.

Saludos

Jorge




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[PCM programmer]

The CCS compiler can't use pointers to strings in ROM.
To get a pointer to the string, you have to copy it into
a RAM buffer, and then use the pointer to the RAM buffer.
See the changes to your program, shown in bold below:

char string[50];
void main(void)
{


strcpy(string, "Hi CCS Forum");
LCDstr(string);

......
}

[Georg Prinz]

javascript:emoticon('')
Rolling Eyes
What a pity!
Gracias for the quick answer.

Saludos

Jorge
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