Assigning structure Error

[junqin_lau]

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typedef struct {
  prescaler  : 2;
  timeronoff : 1;
  postscaler : 4;} mybitfield;

// Declare a bit field TimerControl:
mybitfield TimerControl;

void main() {
  TimerControl.prescaler  = 0;
  TimerControl.timeronoff = 1;
  TimerControl.postscaler = 3;
  T2CON = TimerControl;
}

The error message encounter:

Cannot assign[TimerControl] to [T2CON]

The above code i get it from the help file in mikroC(struct)


Please kindly advise what went wrong with the above code.

[srdjan]

Hi,

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typedef struct {
  prescaler  : 2;
  timeronoff : 1;
  postscaler : 4;} mybitfield;

// Declare a bit field TimerControl:
mybitfield TimerControl;

void main() {
  TimerControl.prescaler  = 0;
  TimerControl.timeronoff = 1;
  TimerControl.postscaler = 3;
  T2CON = TimerControl;
}

The error message encounter:

Cannot assign[TimerControl] to [T2CON]

The above code i get it from the help file in mikroC(struct)


Please kindly advise what went wrong with the above code.

Unfortunately, this is a error in our help file. We'll correct this. Thank you for reporting.
You should do the following in your code.

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T2CON = *(unsigned*) &TimerControl;

[junqin_lau]

Thanks alot