Error when comparing two chars

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

void split() {
    char str[] = "The quick brown fox";
    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++) {
        if (strcmp(str[i], ' ') == 0) {
            printf("a");
        }
    }
}

int main() {
    split();

    return 0;
}```

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[leaden tree]

first.c: In function 'split':
first.c:7:23: warning: passing argument 1 of 'strcmp' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
    7 |         if (strcmp(str[i], ' ') == 0) {
      |                    ~~~^~~
      |                       |
      |                       char
In file included from first.c:2:
C:/msys64/mingw64/include/string.h:63:34: note: expected 'const char *' but argument is of type 'char'
   63 |   int __cdecl strcmp(const char *_Str1,const char *_Str2);
      |                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
first.c:7:28: warning: passing argument 2 of 'strcmp' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
    7 |         if (strcmp(str[i], ' ') == 0) {
      |                            ^~~
      |                            |
      |                            int
C:/msys64/mingw64/include/string.h:63:52: note: expected 'const char *' but argument is of type 'int'
   63 |   int __cdecl strcmp(const char *_Str1,const char *_Str2);
      |                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
first.c:7:13: warning: 'strcmp' reading 1 or more bytes from a region of size 0 [-Wstringop-overread]
    7 |         if (strcmp(str[i], ' ') == 0) {```

ig this isn't the correct way to do it

how can I compare if char at index i is equal to another char?

        if (str[i] == ' ') {
            printf("a");
        }```

did the job

[woven raptor]

yes. strcmp only works on strings (i.e. char *). == works on primitives, i.e. f.e. char.

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