weird c compiler output 

directory.c:148:30: warning: comparison between pointer and zero character constant [-Wpointer-compare]
148 | while (count < len-1 && src != '\0') {
| ^~
directory.c:148:26: note: did you mean to dereference the pointer?
148 | while (count < len-1 && src != '\0') {
| ^

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re: weird c compiler output 

@monorail looks like a helpful error message too me :blobcatthinking:

re: weird c compiler output 

@00dani i can't tell which one of us is missing something

re: weird c compiler output 

@monorail src is a string, right? a char*? you want to check whether the actual char is a nul, which means you want to write *src != '\0' instead

re: weird c compiler output 

@00dani yes but i assumed that the second time it printed that line it would be like "this is what you want to want to put"

it just showed me the same thing again

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re: weird c compiler output 

@monorail @00dani i think it did that so it could say "did you mean to dereference the pointer (which i shall now indicate)"

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