From: "Morpheus" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: parse errors (compile time) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:35:30 -0600 Organization: Zion Lines: 32 Message-ID: <8071ob$kjk@hermes.acs.unt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dfw-premium-70.dialup.unt.edu X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Here is the code: int getFileNumLines(char* file) { ifstream in(file); if(!in) { return 0; } char* line = new char[MAX_CHARS + 1]; // parse error here int numLines = 0; in.readLine(line, MAX_CHARS); // parse error here while(in) { numLines++; in.readLine(line, MAX_CHARS); // parse error here } freeString(line); in.close(); return numLines; } I get a parse error on the lines indicated. MAX_CHARS is defined in another .h file, which is included. Thanks for help on this menial problem. -- morpheus Email: hall AT cs DOT unt DOT edu Web: http://people.unt.edu/~dahall "You'll tell yourself, 'I don't believe in any of this fake crap!'"