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Date:	Sat, 9 Feb 2002 17:49:18 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	SCOUG Help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Mofe WATCOM Fun

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I'm trying to create a few new programs, using Watcom C/C++. I am
immediately running into a problem (the simple little source code file,
below, illustrates it).

When I try to make a source file with an array variable that will
contain a string, the compiler tells me that I have a variable type
mismatch. Directly below, please find a copy a small test source file,
which I am trying to compile and run:

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/*Begin include statements*/
#include
#include
/*End include statements*/

char ReadFileName;
ReadFileName = "Harry";

main()
{
printf("\n The value of the variable, ReadFileName, is: %s",
ReadFileName);
return(0);
}
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Line #7 has the declaration for the variable, "ReadFileName". In line #8
I attempt to initialize it to "Harry". The compiler, however, tells me
that there is a variable type mismatch (see the output from the error
log, directly below):

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test.c(8): Error! E1129: Type does not agree with previous definition of
'ReadFileName'
test.c(8): Warning! W102: Type mismatch (warning)
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If I change line #7 to: "int ReadFileName;" and line #8 to:
"ReadFileName = 123;", it compiles and then runs OK (I also have to
change the "%s" in the printf command to "%u" because the variable is
now an integer instead of a string).

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?

HCMotin

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