Problem when assigning a pointer to an enum variable in C

Question

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 1

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 2

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 3

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 4

Try this:

#include <stdio.h>


enum error_type
{
    ERR_1=0
    ,ERR_2=1
    ,ERR_3=2
    ,ERR_4=4
};

struct error_struct
{
    int value;
    error_type status;

};

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    printf("Start\n");

    error_type the_go_status=ERR_1;
    error_struct err;

    err.value=5;
    err.status=the_go_status;


    printf("Done\n");

    getchar();


    return 0;
}

Answer 5

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 6

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 7

I am getting a warning of "assigment from incompatible pointer type". I don't understand why this warning is happening. I don't know what else to declare "the_go_status" variable to other than an integer. (Note: this is not all the code, but just a simplified version I posted to illustrate the problem.)

The warning occurs on the last line of the example I included below.

//In a header file  
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 1,  
    ERR_3 = 2,  
    ERR_4 = 4,  
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  



//In a C file  
int the_go_status;  

the_go_status = ERR_1;  

//Have the error_struct "status" point to the address of "the_go_status"  
error_struct.status = &the_go_status;    //WARNING HERE!

Answer 8

#include <iostream>
   
using namespace std;
enum error_type  
{  
    ERR_1 = 0,  
    ERR_2 = 4,  
    ERR_3 = 78,  
    ERR_4 = 9
};  


//In a header file  
struct error_struct  
{  
   int value;  
   enum error_type *status;  
};  


    int main() {
        enum error_type the_go_status;
        the_go_status = ERR_2;
        
      
        
        cout<<the_go_status<<endl;
         
        error_struct p1;
       
        
        p1.value = 6;
        p1.status = (enum error_type *)&the_go_status;

        
        cout<<(*p1.status)<<endl;
        p1.status++;
      
        cout<<(*p1.status)<<endl;
  

}