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I am creating an array of char pointers.

char *str[2];
str[1]= "ma";

How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?

error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
token
error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token

On Mar 5, 10:34*am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am creating an array of char pointers.
>
> char *str[2];
> str[1]= "ma";
>
> How ever the compiler gives me the following error. *Any suggestions?
>
> error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> token
> error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token

I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
testing
I got the string ma as expected.

In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
entirety which generates the error?

Paul Epstein

On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
> On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am creating an array of char pointers.
>
> > char *str[2];
> > str[1]= "ma";
>
> > How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
>
> > error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> > token
> > error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
>
> I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
> and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
> testing
> I got the string ma as expected.
>
> In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
> you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
> entirety which generates the error?
>
> Paul Epstein

I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
later in a function

int x= size/ strlen(str);
for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
{
strcat(String1,str);
}

On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
> On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am creating an array of char pointers.
>
> > char *str[2];
> > str[1]= "ma";
>
> > How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
>
> > error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> > token
> > error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
>
> I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
> and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
> testing
> I got the string ma as expected.
>
> In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
> you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
> entirety which generates the error?
>
> Paul Epstein

I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
later in a function

int x= size/ strlen(str);
for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
{
strcat(String1,str);
}

On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
> On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am creating an array of char pointers.
>
> > char *str[2];
> > str[1]= "ma";
>
> > How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
>
> > error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> > token
> > error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
>
> I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
> and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
> testing
> I got the string ma as expected.
>
> In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
> you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
> entirety which generates the error?
>
> Paul Epstein

I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
later in a function

int x= size/ strlen(str);
for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
{
strcat(String1,str);
}

On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:07:49 -0800 (PST), Slain <>
wrote in comp.lang.c++:

> On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
> > On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I am creating an array of char pointers.
> >
> > > char *str[2];
> > > str[1]= "ma";

Now that you have finally given us the important information, below,
that is at namespace scope, we can tell you what the problem is.

The second line is an assignment, which is an executable statement.
Executable statements can only appear inside functions, not at file
scope.

You can initialize in a declaration at file scope:

char *str [2] = { "whatever", "ma" };

Otherwise, you can define the array without initialization, both
pointers will be set to NULL, and then change their contents with
assignments inside a function.

> > > How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
> >
> > > error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> > > token
> > > error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
> >
> > I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
> > and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
> > testing
> > I got the string ma as expected.
> >
> > In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
> > you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> > for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
> > entirety which generates the error?
> >
> > Paul Epstein
>
> I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
> later in a function
>
> int x= size/ strlen(str);
> for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
> {
> strcat(String1,str);
> }

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* Slain:
> On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am creating an array of char pointers.
>>> char *str[2];
>>> str[1]= "ma";
>>> How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
>>> error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
>>> token
>>> error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
>> I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
>> and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
>> testing
>> I got the string ma as expected.
>>
>> In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
>> you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
>> for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
>> entirety which generates the error?
>>
>> Paul Epstein
>
> I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
> later in a function
>
> int x= size/ strlen(str);
> for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
> {
> strcat(String1,str);
> }

Why don't you /read/ Paul's article, in particular the last paragraph,
that you responded to and quoted above?

Just to help you with this I'll quote the very last sentence again:


>> Could you please reproduce code in its
>> entirety which generates the error?


The code you posted first time was incomplete and sans relevant context.

The code you posted this time suffered from both those, plus was
inconsistent with the earlier code.

Third time,


>> Could you please reproduce code in its
>> entirety which generates the error?



Cheers, & hth.,

- Alf

PS: How to post a question about Code That Does Not Work As Expected is
a FAQ item. Please do read the FAQ. /Before/ posting.

--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

On Mar 4, 10:26 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
> * Slain:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
> >> On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> I am creating an array of char pointers.
> >>> char *str[2];
> >>> str[1]= "ma";
> >>> How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
> >>> error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> >>> token
> >>> error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
> >> I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
> >> and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
> >> testing
> >> I got the string ma as expected.
>
> >> In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
> >> you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> >> for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
> >> entirety which generates the error?
>
> >> Paul Epstein
>
> > I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
> > later in a function
>
> > int x= size/ strlen(str);
> > for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
> > {
> > strcat(String1,str);
> > }
>
> Why don't you /read/ Paul's article, in particular the last paragraph,
> that you responded to and quoted above?
>
> Just to help you with this I'll quote the very last sentence again:
>
> >> Could you please reproduce code in its
> >> entirety which generates the error?
>
> The code you posted first time was incomplete and sans relevant context.
>
> The code you posted this time suffered from both those, plus was
> inconsistent with the earlier code.
>
> Third time,
>
> >> Could you please reproduce code in its
> >> entirety which generates the error?
>
> Cheers, & hth.,
>
> - Alf
>
> PS: How to post a question about Code That Does Not Work As Expected is
> a FAQ item. Please do read the FAQ. /Before/ posting.
>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

Sorry Alf, This was my second time here I guess. I couldnt post the
whole code due to the big size. How ever I later did add the
information that it is a global variable. I guess thats the part I
should have added.

Thanks to jack, Hopefully this should work.

On Mar 5, 11:02*am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I am creating an array of char pointers.
>
> > > char *str[2];
> > > str[1]= "ma";
>
> > > How ever the compiler gives me the following error. *Any suggestions?
>
> > > error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> > > token
> > > error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
>
> > I was mystified by this error too. *So I tested it using Visual c++
> > and Windows XP with a std::cout statement *std::cout<<str[1]; for
> > testing
> > I got the string ma as expected.
>
> > In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. *But
> > you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> > for example, there's no main. *Could you please reproduce code in its
> > entirety which generates the error?
>
> > Paul Epstein
>
> I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
> later in a function
>
> int x= size/ *strlen(str);
> * * * * for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
> * * * * {
> * * * * * * * * *strcat(String1,str);
> * * * * }- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


strlen(str) doesn't make sense to me. strlen means stringlength but
str is not a string as you've defined it. I have no idea what you
mean by strlen(str);

Paul Epstein

On Mar 4, 10:26 pm, "Alf P. Steinbach" <al...@start.no> wrote:
> * Slain:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 4, 9:56 pm, pauldepst...@att.net wrote:
> >> On Mar 5, 10:34 am, Slain <Slai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> I am creating an array of char pointers.
> >>> char *str[2];
> >>> str[1]= "ma";
> >>> How ever the compiler gives me the following error. Any suggestions?
> >>> error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '='
> >>> token
> >>> error: expected `,' or `;' before '=' token
> >> I was mystified by this error too. So I tested it using Visual c++
> >> and Windows XP with a std::cout statement std::cout<<str[1]; for
> >> testing
> >> I got the string ma as expected.
>
> >> In other words, no this does not give any error on my machine. But
> >> you've obviously posted a snippet rather than the full code because,
> >> for example, there's no main. Could you please reproduce code in its
> >> entirety which generates the error?
>
> >> Paul Epstein
>
> > I am declaring this as a global variable outside main. I use this
> > later in a function
>
> > int x= size/ strlen(str);
> > for (int ii=0;ii<x; ii++)
> > {
> > strcat(String1,str);
> > }
>
> Why don't you /read/ Paul's article, in particular the last paragraph,
> that you responded to and quoted above?
>
> Just to help you with this I'll quote the very last sentence again:
>
> >> Could you please reproduce code in its
> >> entirety which generates the error?
>
> The code you posted first time was incomplete and sans relevant context.
>
> The code you posted this time suffered from both those, plus was
> inconsistent with the earlier code.
>
> Third time,
>
> >> Could you please reproduce code in its
> >> entirety which generates the error?
>
> Cheers, & hth.,
>
> - Alf
>
> PS: How to post a question about Code That Does Not Work As Expected is
> a FAQ item. Please do read the FAQ. /Before/ posting.
>
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

Sorry Alf, This was my second time here I guess. I couldnt post the
whole code due to the big size. How ever I later did add the
information that it is a global variable. I guess thats the part I
should have added.

Thanks to jack, Hopefully this should work.