From:	DavMac AT iname DOT com (Davin McCall)
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Subject:	Re: I'm so new it's frustrating. Almost ready to lose my will to learn.
Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:20:14 GMT
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:40:32 -0400, "Daryl Zero"
<Wobbler AT greenvillenc DOT com> wrote:

>I get the error Error: unterminated string or charcter constant
>                        Error: possible real start of unterminated constant
>                        There were some error's.

Well, a string in C is represented by text between two double-quotes.
ie, in:

	printf( "hello!" );

the "hello!" part is a string. The first double quote begins the
string, the second one ends it (that is without going into details
that could be confusing at this stage).

[likewise a character constant is a single character between two
single-quotes]

So: "Error: unterminated string or character constant" means that you
have left the double-quote off the end of a string, or the
single-quote off the end of a character constant. Checking through
your source I find:

     printf("darn glad to meet you, %s!\n,me);

Which is indeed missing a double quote character. It should read:

     printf("darn glad to meet you, %s!\n",me);

Incidentally, the message: "possible real start of unterminated
constant" usually has a line number with it, which may give an
indication of where the suspect string is in your source file.

Davin.

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