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Error: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast

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Unnamed_Man -  
Good evening,

An error message (assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast) appears when I run this code: 

void proposeLetter(char letter, char* word, char* hiddenWord, int* attempts) { for (int i = 0; i < strlen(word); i++) { if (word[i] == letter) { hiddenWord[i] = letter; } else { attempts = i + 1; } } }


What is the problem?

Thanks in advance.

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  1.  NHenry Moderator 
    tries = i + 1;


    tries is of type int*
    i is of type int
    that can't work, what do you want to do there?

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    1. [Dal] Contributor
      he probably wants to increase the number of trials, and for that he needs to dereference the pointer by doing 
      *trials
      to access the pointed content ... however, I don't see why he adds i + 1 (but that's another story).
  2. Unnamed_Man Author
    Thank you for your responses, the problem is resolved, it was just a slip of the mind ;-)

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