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From: thamer@kayak.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mustafa Thamer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: C question
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Date: 6 Dec 89 07:15:16 GMT
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I just tried the following code on my laser C compiler.
char pattern[] = "fred";

As a global declaration it worked fine.
As a local declaration (in main) it wouldn't compile unless I put the
word "static" in front of it.  Then it worked fine.
When declared as a static, of course it worked correctly as a global or
a local.  Apparently that is the way to do it as was said in a previous
message.

	Case Closed.

Mustafa Thamer


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