writing strings to arrays

I am using the HI Tech C compiler with MPLAB. I am trying to write a character string to a 16 digit LCD display. I want to set up an array of 16 characters then write different messages to it throughout the program (warning messages, status info etc)

The string will obviously be a maximum of 16 characters, so I have set up an array of 16 digits using the following:


I have also tried


I then try and fill it using


I have also tried using pointers to do the same thing, all without success. I get a variety of compiler errors.

What am I doing wrong? I have also read some of the LCD tutorials on this site, but they either load in individual characters (I want to load the whole string), or use the sprintf() function which is not documented in any of the code books I have. There must be a simpler way.

Please let me know

Thanks

You can use,

Note that the array has to be 1 longer than the string to contain the ending zero.

However, you will rapidly run out of ram doing it that way. I normally use,
And then in the code just do,

Doing it this way stores the strings in ROM and so you can fit a lot more.

Mike.

HI Mike

Thanks for this. I will give this a go and see what it spits up. Thanks for the headsup on the RAM useage too - I always wondered why I would run into problems writing text to arrays..