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Hi Experts,

In my VC++ project I am calling the method
C++
SaveErrorMsg(*"End-of-File");
by passing a character pointer.
But I am getting the following error.
"cannot convert parameter 1 from 'char *' to 'char &'"
Can any one help me over this?
I am using Visual studio 2008.
C++
SaveErrorMsg(*"End-of-File");// function call

void SaveErrorMsg(char &msg)
	{		
		// Do Something
	}


Thanks in advance.
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Updated 3-Mar-12 6:32am
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André Kraak 3-Mar-12 12:32pm    
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It's unlikely the SaveErrorMsg function is declared correctly as the following takes a reference to a single char as it's argument:
void SaveErrorMsg(char &msg)
{
  // Do Something
}

It should probably look like this:
void SaveErrorMsg(const char* msg)
{
  // Do Something
}

You would then call it like this:
SaveErrorMsg("End-of-File");// function call


This would probably be even better:
void SaveErrorMsg(const CString& msg)
{
  // Do Something
}
// Or this
void SaveErrorMsg(const std::string& msg)
{
  // Do Something
}
void SaveErrorMsg(const std::wstring& msg)
{
  // Do Something
}


Best regards
Espen Harlinn
 
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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 3-Mar-12 18:46pm    
Right, a 5.
Usually, passing a pointer by reference makes no sense.
I think it's always a good advice to use std:string instead of stupid null-terminated strings.
--SA
Espen Harlinn 4-Mar-12 4:26am    
Thank you Sergey :)
Arun India 5-Mar-12 1:43am    
Thanks SAKryukov for your valuable comments..
Arun India 5-Mar-12 1:42am    
Thank you so much Espen Harlinn. This makes sense.I have updated the code based on your input and now the issue is got resolved. My 5 for you..
Espen Harlinn 5-Mar-12 3:49am    
Brilliant, glad it worked out for you :)

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