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From: johnhlee@CS.Cornell.EDU (John H. Lee)
Subject: Re: Help with EXTERN statement in C!!!!
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1991 23:53:52 GMT
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In article <1991Jun9.132518.48043@cc.usu.edu> slmt9@cc.usu.edu writes:
>	This is a plea for help with C. The problem is in getting an external
>variable to work. I defined a character array like this
>
>	char names[5][20]={"name1","name2","name3","name4","name5"};
>
>	I then try to make this an extern variable from a section of code that
>I am compiling seperately. Well it does not work at all. I have tried to 
>declare it in several ways and still I can not get it too work. Anyway Any and
>All help would be greatly appriciated.

"extern char names[5][20]" should work.  What kind of errors are you getting?

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