Thread: Illegal Characters error

Hi I am new here.

I am also a beginner in C programming.
I made a program that gets 10 values and then get its maximum, minimum or average.
I have 6 files made.
The project file, max.c, min.c, ave.c, numseq.h and numseq.c as the main file.

Here is the code I have for numseq.c:

Code:

#include "NUMSEQ.H"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


main()
{
    float num [10], result;
    int choice, i;
    clrscr();
    printf("Input 10 numbers: \n");
    for(i=0;i<10;i++)
        scanf("%f", &num[i]);
    
    
    printf("MENU \n");
    printf("1. Find MAX \n");
    printf("2. Find MIN \n");
    printf("3. Find AVE \n");
    printf("4. Exit.");
    scanf("%d", &choice);


        switch(choice)
        {
            case 1:
                result = float max(num[10]);
                printf("\nThe maximum number is: %f", result);
                break;
        
            case 2:
                result = float min(num[10]);
                printf("\nThe minimum number is: %f", result);
                break;
        
            case 3:
                result = float ave(num[10]);
                printf("\nThe average is: %f", result);
                break;
        
            case 4:
                exit();
                break; 
            
            default:
                printf("Invalid input!!");
                break;
        }
}

ERROR:

Error C:\TC\NUMSEQ\NUMSEQ.C 24: Illegal character ' ' (0x03) in function main
Error C:\TC\NUMSEQ\NUMSEQ.C 24: Illegal character ' ' (0x03) in function main
Error C:\TC\NUMSEQ\NUMSEQ.C 24: Illegal character ' ' (0x03) in function main
Error C:\TC\NUMSEQ\NUMSEQ.C 24: Illegal character ' ' (0x03) in function main
....



I have set the folders and directories correctly but I still don't get it why I get these type of errors.


Thanks for your help

Thank you grumpy.
The error is gone. Except that I'm still having 2 other errors.
Expression syntax in function main.

Grumpy is right.

But the characters are more likely the unicode characters 0x030F and 0x030B that look pretty much like the ANSI " character but are actually a different character entirely. If you copy/pasted code from Word or the web or somewhere else these can sneak in. Check that all your " characters on line 24 are indeed the " character and not something that just looks like it.

Originally Posted by moondrums

Thank you grumpy.
The error is gone. Except that I'm still having 2 other errors.
Expression syntax in function main.

Code:

result = float max(num[10]);

What you you expect the lines similar to this to do (These are your syntax errors as you probably know)? More specifically, what do you want that float keyword to do?

Originally Posted by Hodor

Code:

result = float max(num[10]);

What you you expect the lines similar to this to do (These are your syntax errors as you probably know)? More specifically, what do you want that float keyword to do?

function float max() returns a value of a maximum number.
I wanted the result to get what that value is.
How do I do it right?

Thanks

The type a function returns is only specified in it's declaration or prototype. Assuming that the function max() is implemented somewhere, you simply want:

Code:

result = max(num[10]);

The max and min functions take an array as input. num[10] is not an array; it is a (non-existent) member of the array. The array itself is "num".