From: John Clonts <johncc AT my-deja DOT com>
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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 14:00:11 GMT
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In article <1rbw3.17368$x04 DOT 1147413 AT typ11 DOT nn DOT bcandid DOT com>,
  "Daryl Zero" <Wobbler78 AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
>   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 <stdio.h>
>
> 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.

He-he.  The compiler is doing the best it can to help you.  Look
carefully at the 'darn glad to meet you' line.  Whenever you have a
"string-literal" it must start and end with double quotes:
      printf("darn glad to meet you, %s!\n" ,me);

BTW you also should have gotten an error on:
      charm me[20];
perhaps you meant:
      char me[20];

Keep it up.  It does eventually get easier....

Cheers,
John


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