I need to store the input from a user into an array of strings.
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
char *history[10] = {0};
int main (void) {
char input[256];
input = "input";
strcpy(history[0], input);
return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
Running it on the terminal I get a Segmentation Fault and in NetBeans I get main.c:11: error: incompatible types in assignment. I also tried to shift all the history to store the newest input into the first position (history[0]).
history[9] = history[8];
history[8] = history[7];
history[7] = history[6];
history[6] = history[5];
history[5] = history[4];
history[4] = history[3];
history[3] = history[2];
history[2] = history[1];
history[1] = history[0];
history[0] = input;
But this causes output like this.
If input is "input"
History 0: input History 1: null etc.
If then input is "new"
History 0: new History 1: new History 2: null etc.
Each time a new input is entered the pointers to the string shift but it causes only the newest value to be saved in the history array.