Passing an array through read/write in C

Good evening all. I am working on a poker program, using a TCP client/server. I am having the client do only input/output work, while the server handles all of the operations.
I have run into a problem where I have a card structure that is populated with 5 cards from a deck. I put those 5 cards into 2 arrays, one for the face of the card, the other for the suit. I am them trying to send these arrays to the client to print the hand out for the user. The array gets filled with no problem, but when I send the array to the client, and print it, it prints nothing. There is a lot of code, most of which is messy, so for the time being I will post the code in question, unless you guys need more.

Server:
The definitions used in here are:

1   const char *face[] = { "Ace", "Two", "Three", "Four",
2           "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight",
3           "Nine", "Ten", "Jack", "Queen", "King"};
4   const char *suit[] = {"Diamonds", "Hearts", "Clubs", "Spades" };
5
6   const char *handFace[5];
7   const char *handSuit[5];

And the code:

01	n = write(newsockfd,"Here is your hand. Good Luck!",255);
02	             
03	for(v=0;v<5;v++) {
04	    handFace[v] = myDeck.myCards[v].face;
05	    handSuit[v] = myDeck.myCards[v].suit;
06	}
07	                 
08	for(y=0;y<5;y++) {
09	       n = write(newsockfd,&handFace[y],sizeof(handFace[y]));
10	}
11	             
12	for (r=0;r<5;r++) {
13	    n = write(newsockfd,&handSuit[r],sizeof(handSuit[r]));
14	}
15	     
16	for (a=0;a<5;a++) {
17	    printf("%s of %s\n", handFace[a],handSuit[a]);
18	} 

For the client, the definitions are:

1   char *handFace[5];
2   char *handSuit[5];

And the code is:

01	n = read(sockfd,buffer,255);
02	             
03	printf("%s\n",buffer);
04	             
05	for(v=0;v<5;v++) {
06	    n = read(sockfd,&handFace[v],sizeof(handFace[v]));
07	}
08	             
09	for(y=0;y<5;y++) {
10	    n = read(sockfd,&handSuit[y],sizeof(handSuit[y]));
11	}
12	             
13	for(i=0;i<5;i++) {
14	    printf("%s of %s\n", handFace[i],handSuit[i]);
15	} 

It compiles and runs. However in the client, it only prints out " of " as if the array is empty. I am assuming a read or write is wrong, I just don't know where or how.


Ok, I am getting closer. I have my write statements set to

for(v=0; v<5; v++) {
    handFace[v] = myDeck.myCards[v].face;
    handSuit[v] = myDeck.myCards[v].suit;
}
for(y=0;y<5;y++) {
    n = write(newsockfd,handFace[y],sizeof(handFace[y]));
    n = write(newsockfd,handSuit[y],sizeof(handSuit[y]));
}

and my read set to

for(v=0;v<5;v++) {
    n = read(sockfd,buffer1,sizeof(buffer1));
    n = read(sockfd,buffer2,sizeof(buffer2));
    handFace[v] = buffer1;
    handSuit[v] = buffer2;
}
for(i=0;i<5;i++) {
    printf("%s of %s\n", handFace[i],handSuit[i]);
}

It works for the first buffer read. For example if the first face that the server sends in 4, the print loops in the client will only print
4 of
4 of
4 of
4 of
4 of
Can the buffer not be overwritten? - drewd12 3 hrs ago

Tags: C, Sockets