How to copy char *str to char c[] in C?

Question

Trying to copy a char *str to char c[] but getting segmentation fault or invalid initializer error.

Why is this code is giving me a

Answer 1

It's been a while since i coded in c/c++, but c[80] is probably allocated on the stack. If you use char *c and strdup or similiar you get it allocated on the heap where strtok can access it.

Try something like this.

char *token = "some random string";
char *c;
c = strdup(token);
char *broken = strtok(c, "#");
free(c);