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Chewbaklava wrote:
> 
> i was creating a program that would let you create 24x24 bitmaps and it was
> all working good until i quit for the day.  this morning i got up, and it
> didn't compile as it did the night before.
> 
> whenever i compile it, it gives me a HUGE list of "parse error before " for
> practically every line.  maybe i'm an idiot and am just missing something
> REALLY little, like a semi-colon or something.
> 
> anyway, the code -
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> 
> #include "allegro.h"
> 
> BITMAP *bmp;
> BITMAP *sub;
> BITMAP *poo;
> PALETTE pal;
> int c = 0;
> int k, x, y;
> 
> void drawscreen()
> {
> int i, a;
> clear(bmp);
> show_mouse(screen);
> 
> for (a = 0; a < 10; a++)
> {
> for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
> }
There's your problem...

Btw finding these errors would be easier if you used indenting.

Also, rhide (or contemporary) will bring you right to the line of the
error, making parse one of the easiest bugs to fix.

-Mike