Dynamically allocating array of SKeyMap

[Endar]

Okay, if you look at my code and wonder why I'm using some standard C functions instead of any more advanced C++ ones, its cause I'm not fully up to speed on C++, so please take pity.

Right, I'm just creating a few functions that will read info from a text file and define the keyboard keys for controling a FPS camera based on the info.

So, I'm using 'malloc' to dynamically allocate space for an array of 'SKeyMap', but when I try to assign it to a 'SKeyMap*' pointer. This is my code:

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SKeyMap* keyMap = NULL;
keyMap = (SKeyMap) malloc( sizeof(SKeyMap) * key_num ); 

'keyMap' is the 'SKeyMap*'
'key_num' is an int that holds the number of keys to be assigned from the file being read.

And the error given is: " error C2440: 'type cast' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'struct irr::SKeyMap' "

I understand the error, but am not sure how to fix it. Ideas??

[Asterisk Man]

you're typecasting malloc to the wrong data type, it should be (SKeyMap *)

[Endar]

Of course!!!!

And I think I can program!!!

Thanks.

[Asterisk Man]

dont sweat it, I was also fooled by that stupid function lol

PS: try using calloc, it's the same as malloc, but also initializes all the elements in the array to 0!