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Date:	Sat, 9 Feb 2002 19:03:55 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Mofe WATCOM Fun

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In <3C65D191.54A991DB@attglobal.net>, on 02/09/02
at 05:49 PM, Harry Chris Motin said:

>char ReadFileName;
>ReadFileName = "Harry";

This should be either:

char *ReadFileName = "Harry"; // Pointer to character initialize to
point to a string

or

char ReadFileName[] = "Harry"; // Array of 6 characters initialized to
...

or

char ReadFileName[20] = "Harry"; // Array of 20 characters initialized
to ...

depending on exactly how you want to use ReadFileName. The first two
forms are fine if the string is a constant. The latter is better if you
are setting a default which you might override.

What you defined was a character, not an array of characters.

>The compiler error message is almost as if Watcom does not accept the
>"char" keyword as a valid variable declaration. Can anyone help me here?

Not quite:

char aChar = 'a'; // A character initialized to the
letter a

printf("aChar is set to '%c'\n", aChar);

Does that clarify things?

Steven

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