why does this give me an error?

[Genisis]

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

[wtd]

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.

[Genisis]

this is my program can you tell me why its not working like what i will need to add?

[HellblazerX]

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).