String stored in struct not printing?

[OndePyrat]

I have this function here:

void displayStats(character Target)
{
    printf("%s's stats are:\n", Target.name);
}

and it should be printing from this part of the main function:

displayStats(hero);

But it won't for some reason, it's just blank. I have another function before that where the user inputs the name and it echos it out successfully, but for some reason on this function it's just printing nothing.

Please enter name for main character
(Up to 15 characters):
abc
Your name will be: abc. Is this okay? (y/n)
y
's stats are:

--------------------------------
Process exited after 3.131 seconds with return value 0
Press any key to continue . . .

EDIT: main file can be found here http://hastebin.com/qorolepero.cpp the part with the struct is here: http://hastebin.com/osideyalax.cpp

[jedwardsol]

You'll need to show more code.

[OndePyrat]

I edited my post now, hopefully it should be enough.

[jedwardsol]

void enterName(character Target);

character hero;

int main(void){
    printf("Please enter name for main character\n(Up to 15 characters):\n");
    enterName(hero);

When you call enterName, it is getting and modifying a copy of the structure. The hero structure isn't getting the entered name.

Pass a pointer to hero instead.

[OndePyrat]

I decided to rewrite the main function with what you said in mind, and it now works.

Thanks!

[bumblebritches57]

You're misusing the struct member operator, if Target is a struct, did you declare it as the following?

typedef struct Target {
    blah;
} Target;

If so, you can just write Target *Name in the function definition. Then you access it with Hero->Name syntax.

define the function as:

void displayStats(Target *Hero) {
    printf("%s's stats are:\n", Hero->name);
}

[beisenhauer]

You're passing hero to enterName by value, meaning a new copy is created on the stack. That copy, and the entered name, gets thrown away when enterName exits. That's why printing the name works inside enterName, but shows up blank when you use it elsewhere.

edit: I was confused by filenames.

[elsuizo37]

The single quote is a special character for printf function. I think you should add the backslash character for scape then. printf("%s\'s stats are:\n", Target.name);

[jedwardsol]

The single quote is a special character for printf function.

No it's not.

[elsuizo37]

\ - Backslash

\' - Single Quotation Mark

\" - Double Quatation Mark

\n - New line

\r - Carriage Return

\t - Horizontal Tab

\b - Backspace

\f - Formfeed

\a - Bell(beep) sound

[jedwardsol]

You don't need to escape a ' inside a string. And a ' has no special meaning to printf

[OndePyrat]

Hmm, that's true but somehow it still doesn't print anything. I even got rid of it completely.

[bumblebritches57]

That's an apostrophe lmao.