From:	Dave Bird <dave AT xemu DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	anyone see what's wrong with this ?
Date:	Sat, 6 Mar 1999 22:16:04 +0000
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"Parse error before string" at the INPUT line.

#include <stdio.h>
/*                                                */
/*  STRING-LENGTH of zero-terminated string...    */
/*  just a demo of  using in-line assembler.      */
/*                                                */
int str_len(char *str){ int num=0;
   asm(
      "decl %ecx         /n/t"  /* --num          */
"FIND: incl %ecx         /n/t"  /* ++num          */
      "movb [%ebx], %al  /n/t"  /* al  = [ebx++]  */
      "incl %ebx         /n/t"
      "orb  %al,     %al /n/t"  /* if al !=0      */
      "jnz  FIND         /n/t"  /* go round again */   |
      :"c"(num)                /*[OUTPUT from ECX]*/   |
      :"c"(num) "b"(str)       /*[INPUT to EBX,CX]*/ <=+
      :"%eax"                  /*[JUNKED eax]     */
   ); return num;
}


int  main(){ int j;         char *rope="Rhinocerus";
   printf("\n\n\n\n\n\nHello-2\n");
   printf("length of str was = %i\n",str_len(rope));
   printf("enter a number?"); scanf("%i",&j);
   return 0;
};


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