hey, i'm getting an error in this C program i'm writing, but i'm not sure as to why. the error that i'm getting is telling me that i'm trying to assign a value incorrectly, such as: 1 = a; but i'm not trying to assign an int, i'm trying to assign a char. i have the variable i want for the char declared global because i want to access it in other functions. so i have something like: char current_level[20] = "", level = 1, ..; ... ... if (level == 1) { current_level = "beginner"; } else if (level == 2) { current_level = "intermediate"; ... } ... but Dev-C++ tells me: error: incompatible types in assignment and MSVC++ says: error C2106: '=' : left operand must be l-value what am i doing wrong?? thanks

char *current_level="", level='1'; ... if (level == '1') //note single quotes { current_level = "beginner"; } or char *current_level=""; int level=1; if (level == 1) { current_level = "beginner"; }

hmm.. i c. why do the chars have to be pointers? also, its telling me: invalid initializer for the line that has the declaration of current_level and level on it. any clues as to why?

In C: #include <string.h> int main() { char current_level[20] = ""; char level = 2; if (level == 1) { strcpy(current_level,"beginner"); } else if (level == 2) { strcpy(current_level, "intermediate"); } return 0; } In C++: #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { string current_level; char level = 2; if (level == 1) { current_level = "beginner"; } else if (level == 2) { current_level = "intermediate"; } return 0; }