> I'm having a small problem that is proving to be rather anoying....
 > I know I must have done somthing wrong pointer-wise but I
 > just can't see it.

 > struct batdata *bat_data;

You don't provide the definition of struct batdata.


 >     for(cnt = 0; cnt <17; cnt++)
 >     {
 >         sprintf(bat_data->label,"Item %02d",cnt+1);
 >         strcpy(bat_data->desc,desc);

Are you sure that batdata::desc is large enough to contain all of the
characters in 'desc' AS WELL AS the trailing NUL?


 > Now when this is compiled & run it outputs the following..

 > Label: 'Item 01'
 >  Desc: '12345678901234567890123456789012345c:batch'
 > batch: 'c:batch'

 > I just dont't see where I've stuffed the pointer up ! *8-/

Not really a pointer problem - you probably just need to increase the size
of batdata::desc by 1 more character.

  David

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