From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: parse error ... char 0335 Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Message-ID: References: <80256816 DOT 00459042 DOT 00 AT mail1 DOT lake DOT ie> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 34 X-Trace: /bJ8XQ3fKkpCTD1SKDy23/ZFPF57PsAKE5i3lgKRaOVpJlE2rnGCer73bNN1UilCUGIvUq+9hRKO!obPxVVjxJMaFDUR9dXFSZn6wEWAh09ewTlI/SkmXlJFIWpJM1HgsbFvtBplUEQ8tTw== X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:14:19 GMT Distribution: world Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:14:19 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:39:48 +0100, Sakis DOT Platsas AT lake DOT ie wrote: > I am using djgpp 2.02 inside the Win98 GUI from a command prompt. > Most programs I tried until now worked perfectly, as expected :) > BUT... > When a line in the code reads something like this: > > .. if ((string[i] == ' ') || ....) > > I get a "parse error ... char 0335" (presumably that's the "|" character) 0335 is octal for 221. Anyone? > whereas, if I substitute || with &&: > > .. if ((string[i] == ' ') && ....) > > the code works OK. It seems that the "logical OR" operator is mishandled somehow > in this environment. > Actually, when using RHIDE, the "&&" string was correctly identified as a > "reserved" symbol, being in while foreground. However, the "||" string is shown > with a YELLOW foreground, which means it's NOT considered as a reserved symbol. Did you accidentally type "ll" (LL) or "II" (ii)? (This might be easier to see if you full-screen the console with Alt+Enter.) Did you take into account that Windows-based editors such as Microsoft Notepad have two different character codes for | (Alt+0124) and ¦ (Alt+0166)? Or are you using the line-drawing character Alt+179 or Alt+186? Only character 124 works. -- Damian Yerrick Mail me from the link on my web site: Pinocchio's Brother