"LVALUE required"

[mle]

Hello,
I have the following code in my main program:

void main(){
char line1[25], seconds[3], colon[2];
.
.
.
sprintf(colon,"\%c",':');
line1=strcat(seconds,colon); //ERROR HERE
.
.
}


I get an error on the 'strcat' line that says "LVALUE required".
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
mle
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[R.J.Hamlett]

:=Hello,
:=I have the following code in my main program:
:=
:=void main(){
:=char line1[25], seconds[3], colon[2];
:=.
:=.
:=.
:=sprintf(colon,"\%c",':');
:=line1=strcat(seconds,colon); //ERROR HERE
:=.
:=.
:=}
:=
:=
:=I get an error on the 'strcat' line that says "LVALUE required".
:=What am I doing wrong?
:=
:=Thanks,
:=mle
'LVALUE required', implies that a value type is wrong. The fault, is that 'strcat', returns a pointer to a string, while line1, is allready defined, as a physical array (not a pointer). Though C allows you to use the name of an array as a pointer for the right hand side of an equation, doing it the other way round won't work.
Change your definition to:

char *line1, seconds[3], colon[2];

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