From:	Damian Yerrick <DELCAPSyerricde AT pineight DOT 8mSOFTWARE DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: parse error ... char 0335
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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.
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Damian Yerrick
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