error: invalid conversion from 'char' to 'const char'

Asked Feb 20 '16 at 00:16

Active Feb 20 '16 at 00:40

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I've searched around and so far I haven't found a satisfactory answer to this question.

Why do these compile:

char c;
char const * d = &c;

char e;
char * const f = &e;

char* g;
char* const * h = &g;

but this doesn’t?

char* a;
char const ** b = &a;

error: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const char**'

edited Feb 20 '16 at 00:40

johnnyRose

asked Feb 20 '16 at 00:16

Mat Bess

1

You've posted '**' wrong, it prints: `error: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const char**'` – John_West Feb 20 '16 at 00:22
1

@KittMedia the edit clearly fixes the formatting of the error message, with does improve reading – Grady Player Feb 20 '16 at 00:28
Also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2463473/why-am-i-getting-an-error-converting-a-float-to-const-float – AnT stands with Russia Feb 20 '16 at 00:43

error: invalid conversion from 'char**' to 'const char**'