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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 11:25:22 -0500
From: Curtis Mackie <curtmack AT alltel DOT net>
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Subject: Re: function question
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Here's your problem:

puts(int * (np));}

Replace it with:

puts((int *) (np));}

If that doesn't work, try:

puts(&np);

They way you have it worded, the compiler thinks you're passing a new undeclard
int* to puts() - which is, of course, copmletely absurd, not to mention illegal.

Bill Cunningham wrote:

>     I don't know if it would be better to post this here or comp.lang.c but
> I'll post it here since it's djgpp specific. I'm working on some open source
> programming and seem to have run up against a wall. Can anyone give me any
> pointers(no pun intended) on this.
>
> int ma (int np[])
>         {puts("This is number of prices? -> ");
>          fflush(stdout);
>          puts(int *(np));}
>
> What this function is supossed to do is accept input of a number of prices
> an investor wants to include in a simple moving average. Hince the ma. The
> int * cast is the last thing to my knowledge to try. I know workable C. I'm
> not really experienced with the fancy ins and outs. As the funcion
> continues, it should tally a number of prices and calculate a ma. Then I'll
> include it into a static library where it can be linked with a file
> containing main().
>
>     Bill