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Old 06-13-2012
Error Please Help ! ----> error: expected ‘=’,

Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main{
 char *fl;
 fl=(char*)malloc(150);
 strcat(fl,"/tmp/OV/");
 printf("\nInside fl--->%s\n",fl);
return 0;
}

I wrote a simple program as above. I got the error
Code:
error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘{’ token

Please help me out ! I am struck !Smilie

Last edited by Scott; 06-13-2012 at 03:09 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 06-13-2012
Use
Code:
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
 char *fl;
...

# 3  
Old 06-13-2012
Code:
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<string.h>
int main(){
 char *fl;
 fl=(char*)malloc(150);
 strcat(fl,"/tmp/OV/");
 printf("\nInside fl--->%s\n",fl);
return 0;
}

# 4  
Old 06-13-2012
MySQL

Solved the issue by including the header files. !
# 5  
Old 06-13-2012
I suspect the () were also instrumental.
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