C - Incompatible types when assigning to type 'char[LENGTH]' from type 'char *' -

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i want assign struct value (that can max 50 characters) standard input getting error:

incompatible types when assigning type 'char[50]' type 'char *'

#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h>  #define max_len 50  struct msgbuf {  char mtext[max_len]; };   int main (int argc, char *argv) {     struct msgbuf m;     char in[max_len];      scanf ("%s", in);     m.mtext = in;  } 

arrays have no copy assignment operator. have copy arrays element element. can use standard function strcpy declared in header <string.h> copy strings. example

#include <string.h>  //...  strcpy( m.mtext, in );