Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:30:41 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andrew Deren <aderen AT eecs DOT uic DOT edu>
To: Majisun <username AT infowest DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Same NEWBIE, with similar question.
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On 29 Jul 1997, Majisun wrote:

> Ok, Everything works out fine now in my starfield program, except this.
> stuff before this
> class star
> {
> 	unsigned short x; /*lots of other stuff, but this is all you need */
> }
> 
> star starfield = new star[MAX_DOTS];
This should be:
star *starfield = new star[MAX_DOTS];

> 
> my class defines each variable randomly, but now it says that
> 
> starfield[next].x = rand() % SCREEN_W; /* the screen width */
> 
> this won't compile because 
> 
> Error: invalid types 'star[int]' for array
> 
> What does this error message mean.
> 
> Sorry for the newbie-type question, someday I'll be able to debug all of my
> code myself, not just parts of it.
> 
> 	-Sthel Majisun
>