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why does this give me an error?
Author:  Genisis [ Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:35 am ]
Post subject:  why does this give me an error?
im trying to read one letter form a data file and it gives me the error at

"alpha.read (char lettersguessed [x], 0, 25);"

alpha= the datafile
lettersguessed[x] = the array it ill be stored in
0=offset at which to start storing characters
25= maximum number of characters to read
it will highlight "char" and the error type will be:

"Syntax: unexpected symbol ignored"

any help is aprrecaited thanks
Author:  wtd [ Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:49 am ]
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You'll need to provide more context. Also, please use code tags.

Just guessing, though, I'd say you are not really familiar with how to declare arrays.
Author:  Genisis [ Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:57 am ]
Post subject: 
this is my program can you tell me why its not working like what i will need to add?
Author:  HellblazerX [ Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:34 am ]
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In your program, here:

code:
for (int x = 0 ; x < 26 ; x++)
     {
           guessed [x] = ' ';
           alpha.read (char lettersguessed [x], 0, 25);
      }

the parameter is read (char [], int, int). Read will read the set of characters, and place in into the array. You should do it like this:
code:
for (int x = 0 ; x < 26 ; x++)
      {
            guessed [x] = ' ';
            alpha.read (lettersguessed, 0, 25);
       }

also, I wasn't sure what the char was supposed to be infront of lettersguessed. Were you trying to typecast, cuz if you were, you need (char).

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