From: rbales1 AT flash DOT net (Mike Bales)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Weird problem
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:36:07 GMT
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:34:05 GMT, rbales1 AT flash DOT net (Mike Bales)
wrote:

>This may sound stupid because I am new to DJGPP although have been
>using Turbo C++ for years.  Here is some code:
>
>void main(void)
>{
>   int x;
>
>   // some code here that puts a value into x
>
>   printf("X is %d.\n", x);
>}
>
>This is just an example, not the actual code.  The number it prints as
>variable X is way about the 32767 limit on ints.  (something like a
                I meant "above" not "about"  sorry....
>million and a half)  Why?
>
>Also, I am using an Allegro Grabber datafile.  I have a binary file in
>the datafile.  How would I put the first 2 and second 2 bytes of the
>binary file into two int variables?  I have tried a bunch of ways but
>maybe I am doing something wrong with the pointers.  I am not too
>familiar with PM programming...
>
>Please help.
>
>Mike