From: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: I'm so new it's frustrating. Almost ready to lose my will to learn.
Date: 23 Aug 1999 13:08:11 GMT
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Daryl Zero (Wobbler AT greenvillenc DOT com) wrote:
: #include <stdio.h>
: 
: void main()
  ^^^^(1)
: {
:      charm me[20];
: 
:      printf("What is your name?")
:      scanf("%s",&me);
:      printf("darn glad to meet you, %s!\n,me);
                                          ^^^(2)

       returrn(0); /* (3) */
: }
: 
: I get the error Error: unterminated string or charcter constant
:                         Error: possible real start of unterminated constant
:                         There were some error's.
: 
: I realise I am an idiot but if you could help me anyway and help me
: understand what is going on it would be greatly appreciated.

There's nothing idiotic about asking questions so you can learn things.

You are missing a '"' at (2). This is what the compiler is telling you.

While you're at it, you really should declare main() to return an
"int" at (1) and adding a "return" at (3) to be ANSI-compliant. 

To catch more problems/errors compile with "-Wall". 

Furthermore when in doubt about DJGPP first look in the FAQ
(v2/faq*b.zip) then post here if you can't figure it out. There's also
a C FAQ somewhere (sorry, don't know where) which could be useful for
a C neophyte.


Pettersson, Symphony 16,

							MartinS