Initialising const chars?

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With one compiler I would use something like:

const char 2darrayofchars[][4] = { 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0x02, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0xff, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x01, 0x02, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x01, 0xff };

However the SDCC compiler doesn't like this and makes remarks about curly brackets.

The only example I have found is:

char arr2[5][20] = { "Mickey Mouse", "Donald Duck", "Minnie Mouse", "Goofy", "Ted Jensen" };

but naturally this uses strings which is not helpful.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is there a best newsgroup for this sort of question?

mark · Accepted Answer

How about this:const char a2darrayofchars[][4] = {           {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03},           {0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0x02},           {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0xff},           {0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff},           {0x00, 0xff, 0x01, 0x02},           {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0xff},           {0x00, 0xff, 0x01, 0xff}          };

Fred · Answer

curlyMany thanks - I thought for a minute I was going mad because I believed Ihad already tried this.  I had indeed and it didn't work.I get this error"myprog.c":"line_number": error: struct/union/array '2darrayofchars':initialisation needs curly bracesI get 3 of these errors per line of constants 28 + one at the last curlybrace.

Mark A. Odell · Answer

"Fred"  wrote innews:4190e2ed$0$27544$ Yes, it is good to remember that identifiers may not start with a number.-- - Mark ->--

Fred · Answer

Many thanks again.Your principle was correct - I had tried this before and can only think onthis occasion I altered the "wrong" file.

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