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copied!<p>im quite new to C, and im trying to populate a file wide array variable with the results of a function, heres a simple code sample to show what i mean, can anyone point me in the direction of why this doesnt work?</p> <pre><code>#include <sys/types.h> #include <dirent.h> #include <regex.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <gtk/gtk.h> #include <string.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <pwd.h> static gchar *external_names; void directories(int arraylength, gchar internal_names[][100]){ int n; for (n = 0; n < arraylength; n++) { strcpy(external_names[n], internal_names[n]); } for (n = 0; n < arraylength; n++) { printf("%s internal with %s external\n",internal_names[n], external_names[n]); } } void main() { gchar anotherarray[10][100]; directories(10, anotherarray); } </code></pre> <p>[EDIT] latest code</p> <pre><code>#include <sys/types.h> #include <dirent.h> #include <regex.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <gtk/gtk.h> #include <string.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <pwd.h> static gchar *external_names[100]; void directories(int arraylength, gchar internal_names[][100]){ int n = 0; //gchar external_names[arraylength][100]; for (n = 0; n < arraylength; n++) { printf("%s %i\n","before", n); strcpy(external_names[n], internal_names[n]); printf("%s %i\n","after", n); } } void main() { int n; gchar anotherarray[10][100]; for (n = 0; n < 10; n++) { strcpy(anotherarray[n],"test"); } directories(10, anotherarray); for (n = 0; n < 10; n++) { printf("%s internal with %s external\n",anotherarray[n], external_names[n]); } } </code></pre>

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