Questions about char arrays as constants

dspot

I defined this in my code:

DEFINE_CONSTANT
char cSome[12]	= "'E0A',$02,'02D30002'"

and found an error in compiling

ERROR: d:\jobs\research\testing.axs(83): C10583: Too many elements in initializer  

So, what I did was just to omit the 12 so it becomes cSome[].

When I did a send_command like

SEND_COMMAND dvTV,"'PASSTHRU-',cSome"

and looking into the diagnostic window, it seems that the quotes are also sent. What am I doing wrong?

Joe Hebert

TN 531

dspot wrote: »

I defined this in my code:

DEFINE_CONSTANT
char cSome[12]	= "'E0A',$02,'02D30002'"

and found an error in compiling

ERROR: d:\jobs\research\testing.axs(83): C10583: Too many elements in initializer  

So, what I did was just to omit the 12 so it becomes cSome[].

When I did a send_command like

SEND_COMMAND dvTV,"'PASSTHRU-',cSome"

and looking into the diagnostic window, it seems that the quotes are also sent. What am I doing wrong?

Try this:

DEFINE_CONSTANT
char cSome[]	= {'E','0','A',$02,'0','2','D','3','0','0','0','2'}

For an explanation check out Tech Note 531: How to Initialize Character Strings in the DEFINE_CONSTANT and DEFINE_VARIABLE Sections

dspot

Thanks a lot