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From: kelson@ais.org (David Lewis)
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Date: 5 Feb 91 20:07:18 GMT
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>
>Three things: First, argv[i] is a pointer to a char, not a char.  So, you should
>be looking at *argv[i].  Second, you are using the assignment operator '=' in
>
>#include "workbench/startup.h"
>
>main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
>   int a;
>   if ((a = *argv[1]) == '&')
>     printf("Yes it's an '&'\n");
>}
>
>Hope that helps.

 Actually.. 1) why use a int? and 2) you dont need *
such as printf("%s\n",argv[1]);

 I would make a a character

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