[C] Stupid pointers what the heck is going on here

[zeion]

Hi,

I don't understand how this can be so difficult.
So I have a [char ** ptr] pointer that stores a list of arguments.
I'm able to PRINT each of them by doing printf("%s\n", ptr)
But how the heck do I is strcmp to see if a certain argument is there?
Apparently I cannot just do [if (strcmp(ptr, 'a') == 0].
I don't understand what strcmp needs for it to work. Do I need one star? Two stars? Five stars? Why is this so hard?

Thanks

 

[DrGreg]

strcmp compares strings (via char* pointers). Your problem is not with ptr but with 'a' which is not a string, but a character. "a" is a string (consisting of one character 'a').

 

[zeion]

strcmp compares strings (via char* pointers). Your problem is not with ptr but with 'a' which is not a string, but a character. "a" is a string (consisting of one character 'a').

Nooo wayyy I've been trying to debug that the whole day!