From: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us
Message-Id: <199606041116.HAA03721@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
Subject: Re: Beginners srand error
To: halibut AT kuhub DOT cc DOT ukans DOT edu
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 07:16:27 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <1996Jun3.144827.120718@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> from "halibut@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu" at Jun 3, 96 02:48:27 pm
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Thinking furiously, halibut AT kuhub DOT cc DOT ukans DOT edu wrote:
> 
> 
> This gives me a parse error before int:
> 
> void main()
> {
>    srand(time(NULL));
>    int num;
> }
> 
> Anyone know why?

Sure. Because this is C, not C++. In C declarations must be placed
at the top of a block, not just anywhere at random. Try changing it
to look like:

void main()
{
   int num;
   srand(time(NULL));
}

> 


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