Thread: simple question

i have this random sentence generator code...it is running juts fine but why if I declare the variables in main it generates run time errors??

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <conio.h>


int a,n,v,p,a2,n2,counter;
const char *articles[5]= {"the", "a", "one", "some", "any" };
const char *nouns[5]= {"boy", "girl", "dog", "town", "car" };
const char *verbs[5]= {"drove", "jumped", "ran", "walked", "skipped" };
const char *preps[5]= {"to", "from", "over", "under", "or" };
char sentences[6];


int main ()


{



srand ( time ( NULL ) );

printf("Random Sentence Generator by JFL.\n");
printf("Type ANYTHING to start the program\n\n");

getch();

for ( counter = 0; counter < 20; counter++ ) {

a = rand() %5;
n = rand() %5;
v = rand() %5;
p = rand() %5;
a2 = rand() %5;
n2 = rand() %5;

sprintf ( sentences, "%s %s %s %s %s %s.", articles[ a ], nouns[ n ],
verbs[ v ], preps[ p ], articles [ a2 ], nouns[ n2 ] );

sentences[ 0 ] = toupper ( sentences[ 0 ] );

printf ( "\n%s\n", sentences );

}


return 0;

}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main ()

int a,n,v,p,a2,n2,counter; <--why generates errors if is here?
const char *articles[5]= {"the", "a", "one", "some", "any" };
const char *nouns[5]= {"boy", "girl", "dog", "town", "car" };
const char *verbs[5]= {"drove", "jumped", "ran", "walked", "skipped" };
const char *preps[5]= {"to", "from", "over", "under", "or" };
char sentences[6];


{



srand ( time ( NULL ) );

printf("Random Sentence Generator by JFL.\n");
printf("Type ANYTHING to start the program\n\n");

getch();
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pd: any suggestions to make this program better?

i placed them where you say...compiles but when is run it generates the 20 sentences..then, three errors appears...if i place the declarations before int main() its compiles and runs well... why is that?

>char sentences[6];

This should be a lot bigger than six characters. It has to store a whole sentence. Try 100.

char sentences[100];