String in array into another array

Question

I'm trying to set an array to a string from another array. This is in C programming.

gates[gatenum]=&seperation[a+1];

where both a and gatenum are both ints. And both arrays are declared as:

char seperation[3000][100];
char *gates[100][10];

So basically what I'm asking is how can I set gates[gatenum] to the string that is in seperation[a+1]

Thank you in advance

I still get the same compiling error when I get rid of the &. Yeah I just want to copy the string from seperation to gates. — TylerM
– TylerM, Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 1:24
Are the arrays really declared like that? One is char * and the other is just char? — aet
– aet, Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 1:35

aet · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25 01:47:28Z

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Drop the second dimension of gates.

char *gates[100];

Then you can assign gates[gatenum] = seperation[a+1];

answered Sep 25, 2013 at 1:47

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That worked thank you. I'd up vote you but I don't have enough reputation.

cowboydan · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25 02:10:17Z

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strncpy(gates,seperation,sizeof(gates));

answered Sep 25, 2013 at 2:10

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