Question

Does anyone know how to program in C? Because if they do I would like with identifying this issue called a semantic issue in Xcode 4.6.3. Here is the text that is says after the issue: Implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'size_t' (aka 'unsigned long') to 'int'

I will attach the code in the 1st sub post.

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(){
printf("My name is Burney Hy");
printf("My address is 4750 Nexus Center Drive, San Diego, California, 92121");
printf("My phone number is 858-848-1057");
char name[]= "The Beatles";

int length;
length =strlen(name);
printf("There are %d characters in the string.", length);
return 0;
}

Answer 2

length =strlen(name);
This is the line of code where it shows the error.

If anyone can help, it is appreciated.

Will give out a medal for help that is given.

Answer 3

Does strlen() return an int or an unsigned int?

Answer 4

The man page does nit say what it returns other than a number:
http://www.manpagez.com/man/3/strlen/

Might want to static cast it to an int, or find the type it returns with a small test bit of code to find out what it returns so you can make sure to declare the same type of variable. That has a good chance of dealing with

Answer 5

This is what the semantic issue says: Here is the text that is says after the issue: Implicit conversion loses integer precision: 'size_t' (aka 'unsigned long') to 'int'
@e.mccormick

Answer 6

Ah, so it is a type mismatch. You either need to deal with it as an unsigned long, or static cast it to the right type.