Can't get the if statements/while loop to work - c

Question

Can't get the if statements/while loop to work. If I make raceChosen an int it will never allow me to enter choose another race. When I use a char the if statements don't work. I have absolutely no idea who to fix this. Any assistance that could be provided would be appreciated.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
struct player { /*a struct to hold the player information.*/
int type[7];
int name[12];
int Smartness[7];
int Strength[7];
int MagicSkills[7];
int Luck[7];
int Dexterity[7];
int lifePoints[3];
}player;
int main(void)
{
struct player* ptr;
srand(time(NULL));
int numberPlayers,i,j,Smartness,Luck,Strength,Dexterity;
int MagicSkills,name,slots,x,Hill,City,LevelGround,m,lifePoints;
lifePoints = 100;
char raceChosen[1];
printf("Please enter the number of players you would like");
scanf("%d",&numberPlayers); /*take in the number of players*/
struct player plyr[numberPlayers];
i = 0;
while( i<numberPlayers )
{
printf("Please enter the race you would like to play as \n"
"Press elf for Elf \n"
"Press 1 for Human \n" /*taking in the race from the user*/
"Press 2 for Ogre \n"
"Press 3 for Wizard \n");
scanf(" %c",&raceChosen);
if(raceChosen == "0"){
printf("Please enter your name \n:");
scanf("%d", &ptr->name[i]);
Smartness = rand()%31 + 70;
printf("%d\n",Smartness);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Smartness[i]);
Luck = rand()%41 + 60;
printf("%d \n",Luck);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Luck[i]);
Strength = rand()%50 + 1;
printf("%d \n",Strength); /* generating the character */
scanf("%d", &ptr->Strength[i]);
Dexterity = rand()%100 + 1;
printf("%d\n",Dexterity);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Dexterity[i]);
MagicSkills = rand()%31 + 50;
printf("%d \n",MagicSkills);
scanf("%d", &ptr->MagicSkills[i]);
printf("\n********\n");
}
if(raceChosen == "1"){
printf("Please enter your name \n:");
scanf("%d", &ptr->name[i]);
Smartness = rand()%31 + 70;
printf("%d\n",Smartness);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Smartness[i]);
Luck = rand()%41 + 60;
printf("%d \n",Luck);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Luck[i]);
Strength = rand()%50 + 1;
printf("%d \n",Strength);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Strength[i]);
Dexterity = rand()%100 + 1;
printf("%d\n",Dexterity);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Dexterity[i]);
MagicSkills = rand()%31 + 50;
printf("%d \n",MagicSkills);
scanf("%d", &ptr->MagicSkills[i]);
printf("\n********\n");
}
}
i++;
}
}

Answer 1

First of all, I would recommend you try to compile your code before asking questions.
Anyways, let's go through your compile errors step by step:
Line 43: Passing the wrong variable type to scanf
You only need one character from standard input, so no need for a string array (char *), just use a character variable (char)
So char raceChosen[1] becomes char raceChosen
Lines 46 and 69: Comparing two strings with == operator
This is a good reason to start learning the basics of C programming. To compare two strings in C, you use strcmp(first_string, second_string).
Since raceChosen is not a character array anymore, we don't need strcmp, we can still use == but the quotes around 0 and 1 have to be single quotes.
So your if statements become if(raceChosen == '0') and if(raceChosen == '1'). This is how you compare two characters.
Lines 23, 24 and 32, Lots of unused variables
I hope you're gonna use those later because this is bad practice.
Line 48: Using an uninitialized variable
Just initialize ptr to NULL (ptr = NULL) right after you declare it.
Just a notice tho, you don't need to use a pointer to struct here, unless you were asked to. A simple struct would do the work.
Line 98: Extraneous closing brace
Yup, just as it says, too many closing braces.

Answer 2

Change like this, i hope it work for you.
int main(void)
{
struct player* ptr;
srand(time(NULL));
int i,j,Smartness,Luck,Strength,Dexterity;
int MagicSkills,name,slots,x,Hill,City,LevelGround,m,lifePoints;
lifePoints = 100;
char raceChosen[1];
static int numberPlayers=0; //Changed
printf("Please enter the number of players you would like");
scanf("%d",&numberPlayers); /*take in the number of players*/
struct player plyr[numberPlayers];
i = 0;
while( i<numberPlayers )
{
printf("Please enter the race you would like to play as \n"
"Press elf for Elf \n"
"Press 1 for Human \n" /*taking in the race from the user*/
"Press 2 for Ogre \n"
"Press 3 for Wizard \n");
scanf("%c",&raceChosen);
if(*raceChosen == '0'){ //Changed
printf("Please enter your name \n:");
scanf("%d", &ptr->name[i]);
Smartness = rand()%31 + 70;
printf("%d\n",Smartness);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Smartness[i]);
Luck = rand()%41 + 60;
printf("%d \n",Luck);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Luck[i]);
Strength = rand()%50 + 1;
printf("%d \n",Strength); /* generating the character */
scanf("%d", &ptr->Strength[i]);
Dexterity = rand()%100 + 1;
printf("%d\n",Dexterity);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Dexterity[i]);
MagicSkills = rand()%31 + 50;
printf("%d \n",MagicSkills);
scanf("%d", &ptr->MagicSkills[i]);
printf("\n********\n");
}
if(*raceChosen == '1'){ //Changed
printf("Please enter your name 1\n:");
scanf("%d", &ptr->name[i]);
Smartness = rand()%31 + 70;
printf("%d\n",Smartness);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Smartness[i]);
Luck = rand()%41 + 60;
printf("%d \n",Luck);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Luck[i]);
Strength = rand()%50 + 1;
printf("%d \n",Strength);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Strength[i]);
Dexterity = rand()%100 + 1;
printf("%d\n",Dexterity);
scanf("%d", &ptr->Dexterity[i]);
MagicSkills = rand()%31 + 50;
printf("%d \n",MagicSkills);
scanf("%d", &ptr->MagicSkills[i]);
printf("\n********\n");
}
}
i++;
}

Answer 3

There are 2 major things to be considered within your code, lets correct them one by one:
char raceChosen[1]; <=> Here you have declared a charecter array of size 1
Please note : Array is collection of data of same type, so when you want to store at least 2 or more data, you could had used array, but here you are using a single charecter variable so you should avoid using array.
correct way: char raceChosen;
Secondly,
scanf(" %c",&raceChosen);
if (raceChosen == "0")
Here you are taking input racechosen as a charecter : "%c" is for charecter input, and while comapring you are comapring it with string : " "double quote is for string. ie; You are comapring
if (raceChosen == "0")
(char) (string)
This condition is not going to be true, hence you are not entering these if blocks.
correct way:
if (raceChosen == '0')
char char