From:	Jay Dyer <JeDyer AT somtel DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: SIGSEV hates me
Date:	Thu, 06 Feb 1997 02:14:54 -0800
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Pyro Technic wrote:
>                 for(j=3; j>=0; ++j)
>                         {
>                         temp = (int)num1 % 10;
>                         digit[j]=temp;
>                         num1 /= 10;
>                         num1 -= (temp/10);
>                         }
Think about the value of j in this loop... 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, etc... you're
trashing all available memory after digit[3]...  Sorry it's too late to
be any real help, but I just read it.

--J

p.s. The lesson here is that SIGSEV is commonly the result of trashing
memory in this fashion.

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