Hi! Anybody there who can answer me on my following code:

When I try to compile this code, I get message of a missing ']' on the
line 3 i.e. int a[MAX];, why is this happening

Thanks in anticipation.


VASUDEV MUKHERJEE


#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX 9;
int a[MAX];
int rands=9;
int rand()
{
rands=rands*1103515245 +12345;
return (unsigned int) (rands/65536)%32768;
}
main ()
{
int i,t,x,y;
for(i=0; i<MAX;i++)
{
a[i]=rand();
printf("%d\n", a[i]);
}
}

In article <1130242289.308797.5710@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
 <vasudevmukherjee@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>#define MAX 9;
>int a[MAX];

This expands to int a[9;];

-- Richard

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vasudevmukherjee@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi! Anybody there who can answer me on my following code:
> 
> When I try to compile this code, I get message of a missing ']' on the
> line 3 i.e. int a[MAX];, why is this happening
> 
> Thanks in anticipation.
> 
> 
> VASUDEV MUKHERJEE
> 
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #define MAX 9;

Think of the implication of the above macro when it is used in the line
below

> int a[MAX];

Because of your #define for MAX, the above line will expand to
  int a[9;];
before being parsed

Is this what you intend? Is this legal C? (I know the answers - this is
a hint to you that you should look into the questions a bit)

[snip]

- --

Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Enterprise Data Systems
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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vasudevmukherjee@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi! Anybody there who can answer me on my following code:
> 
> When I try to compile this code, I get message of a missing ']' on the
> line 3 i.e. int a[MAX];, why is this happening

> #include <stdio.h>
> #define MAX 9;
> int a[MAX];

This expands to
   int a[ 9; ];
the error of which is clearer, I think, when written
   int a[9;
   ];
Fix it by losing the semicolon from the #define.