From: billlanam AT california DOT com (Bill Lanam)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Question about global arrays
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 21:08:12 GMT
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On Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:21:19 -0600, stefansk AT evansville DOT edu wrote:

>     I have a question...  It may be more of a C question than DJGPP, but
>my professors don't seem to know what wrong...
>
>     I've got a multi-file program.  Because of how much I'll be using it,
>I'm trying to declare an array as global.  In the main section, I'm
>declaring the array, and then I've got it declared as extern in a .h file
>that I'm including in all the other sections.
>
>     In one of my sections, I'm loading the array with values from a file.
> I know this is working properly, since I've saved it right after loading
>it in, and it's saved exactly as it's loaded in.
>
>     The section where I'm using it is in a different .cpp file, and by
>the time I get there, the values I've loaded in are lost.
>
>     This is become a really sticky point.  I've checked with two
>professors here at UE, and neither of them can spot anything I'm doing
>wrong...  Help!
>
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Without your code here are some possiblities.

You are overwriting the array values prior to getting to your section.

You are using a pointer with an incorrect value in it and end up overwriting
your array .

You are getting to your section before you load the array.

    Bill Lanam