From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Initializing arrays problem
Date:	22 May 2001 17:39:22 GMT
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WCount12 <wcount12 AT aol DOT com> wrote:
> I am getting an error message "numeric constant contains digits beyond the
> radix" when initializing the below.

> int days_array = { 0101,0102,0103,0104 .........};

You've been hit by a feature of C, here: octal constants. Every integer
constant that begins with a '0' is interpreted as a number in the octal,
rather than the decimal system. I.e.

	0101 == 8^2 * 1 + 8^0 * 1 = 64 + 1 = 65

not

	0101 == 10^2 * 1 + 10^0 * 1 = 100 + 1 = 101

In octal constants, digits 8 and 9 are forbidden, thus the warning you
got.
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