Error msg: "invalid lvalue in assignment"

[mike00800]

Hi everyone, this is my first time using the forum.

I get the error msg "invalid lvalue in assignment". The line it refers to is as follows:

for(counter1=counter-5;counter1<=counter+5;counter1++){if(CONTACTS[counter1][0]=j && CONTACTS[counter1][1]=j_voisine){
counter2=counter2+1; }
}

'counter' and 'counter1' have been declared outside main() and the code above is called within main(). I have used 'counter' as follows:

if(CONTACTS[counter-1][0]!=0 && (CONTACTS[counter-1][0]!=1052 || CONTACTS[counter-1][0]!=1053))

and there was no problems.

Has anybody encountered anything like this before?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[cpjust]

First, here is how the code should look if you want Humans to be able to read it properly:

for ( counter1 = counter - 5; counter1 <= counter + 5; counter1++ )
{
    if ( ([COLOR=red]CONTACTS[counter1][0] = j[/color]) && ([COLOR=red]CONTACTS[counter1][1] = j_voisine[/color]) )
    {
        counter2 = counter2 + 1;
    }
}

Should the parts in red be assignment operators or equality operators?

How are each of these variables defined?

 

[Salem]

Scattering the same post on multiple forums generally annoys the heck out of people who help on multiple forums.

For starters, it means you didn't choose your forum carefully.



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