From: jason_hsu AT my-deja DOT com
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Subject: Re: SIGSEGV error when reading a file into an array
Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 21:13:17 GMT
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In article <9bM75.81426$NF5 DOT 1365696 AT afrodite DOT telenet-ops DOT be>,
  "Tim \"Zastai\" Van Holder" <zastai AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:

<<From what I can see, you're using indices starting from 1, while in C
arrays start at index 0. So when you try to enter data from the last
row/column into the array, you write into unallocated memory, which
generally triggers a SIGSEGV.>>

This isn't the issue.  I tried expanding the array to 1000x1000, but
the problem remained and actually showed up sooner when running the
program.

How does one prevent SIGSEGV errors?  I'm surprised the FAQ doesn't
make this clearer.

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