Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!blake.u.washington.edu!mm From: mm@blake.u.washington.edu (Eric Gorr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Quick Question - Strings Message-ID: <12662@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 10 Dec 90 00:35:02 GMT Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 20 NOTE: Trying to learn C and how to use the MAC Toolbox routines on your own has got to be the most infuriating thing in this Universe Now, my question: In BASIC, you can write the simple command: TEST = "Hello" What I want to know is how to do this in C after the code where I declared the varables. Thanx for your help..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mystery_Man ! All warfare is based on deception - Sun Tzu ! Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have mm@ ! your war - Danielle Vare' blake.u.washington.edu! He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will ! be victorious - Sun Tzu IBM - I Bought ! Alway mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy Macintosh ! - Stonewall Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------