CAST a CHAR array as a structure

[WOLF]

i have the following struct code

struct record
{
 char Name[21];
 char date[3];
};

 char array[24];
 char *ptr=array;
 
 struct record *read_record;

 array[0]=1;
 array[1]=2;

 read_record = (struct record*) ptr;

 
printf(" %c %c\n",read_record->Name[0],read_record->Name[1] );

this should display 1 and 2, but display nothing.   

can anyone expalin what i'm doing wrong?

thanks
 
 return 0;

[CompilerGuru]

First let me mention that normally such casts and similar things should not be done at all.
In your case, I guess the problem is that you print the (non printable) character with value 1, and not '1'.
E.g.:
 array[0]='1';
 array[1]='2';

But again, I have to have a good reason before I do such casts.

(or did you intend:
>printf(" %i %i\n",read_record->Name[0],read_record->Name[1] );
?)

Daniel

[WOLF]

Decided to do it, using a different aproach.

thanks anyway for the help