Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:23:59 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: I need help adressing characters in a string
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 fiammy AT my-dejanews DOT com wrote:

> char *string;
> 
> void main (void)
> {
>  int i;
>  for (i=; i=lengthof(string); i++)
>   {
>   dosomething with string[i];
>   }

This is okay, except for some minor problems:

  char string[100];
  int main (void)
  {
    int i;
    for (i = 0; i < sizeof (string) - 1; i++)
      {
         do_something_with (string[i]);
      }
  }

> I can't do that, the compiler gives me an error.

What error message(s) did you see, what source (exactly) did you try to 
compile, and what command line did you use to compile it?