From: "Daryl Zero" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: I'm so new it's frustrating. Almost ready to lose my will to learn. Lines: 31 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Message-ID: <1rbw3.17368$x04.1147413@typ11.nn.bcandid.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.25.245.143 X-Trace: typ11.nn.bcandid.com 935412541 208.25.245.143 (Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:49:01 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:49:01 EDT Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:40:32 -0400 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com I am very knew to programming but I want to learn although it is been frustrating. First there was the issue of finding a compiler. (I still remember learning that you needed a program in order to wright a program) Which was free because I am a cheap ass. Boo. I found Djgpp. Yeah!. I downloaded a huge amount of zip files and read that I had to make a change to the autoexecbat file which scared me. Boo, Hiss! I got over my fear and installed it and Now I have a compiler. YEAH! However *Ahwww* I am trying to learn from a book called c for dummies. I have done about three programs that did allright but these are the simpleist of them. The more complicated ones (By newbie standards) get error's. Here is an example of one that gets error's #include void main() { charm me[20]; printf("What is your name?") scanf("%s",&me); printf("darn glad to meet you, %s!\n,me); } I get the error Error: unterminated string or charcter constant Error: possible real start of unterminated constant There were some error's. I realise I am an idiot but if you could help me anyway and help me understand what is going on it would be greatly appreciated.