C++ error message?

Question

Error message==error C2040: 'list' : 'group *[10]' differs in levels of indirection from 'group [10]'


code struct group *list[MAX];

Anyone know what this means?

Answer 1

An expression involving the operators has inconsistent levels of indirection.

In short your expression should either have both arithmetic or both non-arithmetic (such as pointers) to be used interchangeably. You are running into issues where you are mixing a pointer with a reference value.

Answer 2

You are probably trying to do something like list[10] which is the 11th group pointer in the array. Look at what you are doing to that and see if it is compatible with what you are trying to do.

Answer 3

group *list[MAX];

group *list makes list a pointer, but having the subscript makes it yet another pointer. You need to either drop the [MAX] or * from *list.

Answer 4

looks like a typo to me

shouldn't 'group *[10]' be '*group[10]'?

it's hard to say without more details, but i don't see how 'group*[10]' could be syntactically correct.