strncpy_s

[andirew]

Here is a portion of my code, im trying to string copy my description (from my main.cpp) to my name char variable, im getting an error under strncpy_s that says:

no instance of overloaded function "strncpy_s" matches the argument list
argument types are: (const char *, char *)

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include "item.h"
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;
using namespace items;
char*  name;
double itemprice;

void item::set(const char* description, double item_price)
{
	itemprice = item_price;

	strncpy_s(description, name);

}
	


void item::display(int n) const
{
	
		cout.width(10);
		cout.fill('-');
		cout.setf(ios::left);
		cout << name;
		 
		cout.width(7);
		cout.precision(2);
		cout << itemprice << endl;
	


	
	

}

[coder777]

I would guess that you want to use strncpy_s() (whithout the n).
strncpy[_s] requires an additionally parameter count

[andirew]

same issue.
no instance of overloaded function "strcpy_s" matches the argument list
argument types are: (const char *, char *)

[andirew]

Any thoughts guys? ;-;

[MiiNiPaa]

Do not use any *_s functions. They are not part of the standard and are mainly MS extension. DIfferent compilers define them in different way. You can just use strcpy here.

[dhayden]

And when using strcpy, the destination is the first argument:
strcpy(name, description);