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what is "invalid operands to binary & (have ‘char *’ and ‘int’)"

+3 votes
asked Mar 2, 2023 by itay shani (150 points)

i cant understand what is 

invalid operands to binary & (have ‘char *’ and ‘int’)

2 Answers

0 votes
answered Mar 3, 2023 by Fluffyfuffy (420 points)
What language are you using?
commented Mar 3, 2023 by Peter Minarik (84,720 points)
That is an error message from a C/C++ compiler.
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answered Mar 3, 2023 by Peter Minarik (84,720 points)

You cannot apply binary and (&) operator on the types int and char *.

So your code is "similar" to this below:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    char * myString = "test";
    int i = 3;
    if (i & myString) // main.c:7:11: error: invalid operands to binary & (have ‘int’ and ‘char *’)
        printf("Hello World");

    return 0;
}

How to fix this? Review your code, what you're doing is incorrect.

If you really want to apply a binary operation on a memory address, cast it to an (unsigned) int before.

If you want a more specific answer, you'll need to share your code.

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