在C中为struct指针赋值？

Question

I'm constructing a linked list dictionary with a structure, with each node in the list defined as the following:

typedef struct node node;
struct node
{                                                               
      int key;
      char value[ARRAY_MAX];
      node *next;
};  

Where I'm running into problems is when I'm assigning values to key or value within my insert and makedict functions. I received the following errors in assignment:

node* insert(node* start, char* vinput, int kinput) {
    node* temp = start;
    while((temp->next->key < kinput) && temp->next!=NULL) {
        temp=temp->next;
    }
    if(temp->key==kinput) {
        temp->key = kinput;
        return temp;
    } else {
        node* inputnode = (node*)malloc(sizeof(node));
        inputnode->next = temp->next;
        temp->next = inputnode;
        inputnode->key = kinput;   /*error: incompatible types in assignment*/
        inputnode->value = vinput;
        return inputnode;
}

and:

node* makedict(char* vinput, int kinput) {
    node* temp = (node*)malloc(sizeof(node));
    temp->value = vinput;
    temp->key = kinput; /*error: incompatible types in assignment*/
    temp->next = NULL;
    return temp;
}

I know I'm probably missing something incredibly obvious, but I've been reading this code over and over to no avail. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

I think the line

inputnode->value = vinput;

is what the compiler is complaining about. Try

strcpy(inputnode->value, vinput);

Or, better yet, make the 'value' field a char * and do

inputnode->value = strdup(vinput)