Declare an operator a variable?

**bluenoser** · 10-17-2002

Hello all!
It's a brand new day and a brand new query. I would like to use an operator as a variable (in particular '*'). I want to print out a number of '*' horizontally that reflect the given value of another variable. I thought if I declared the '*' to be an int I could just include a fprintf statement ( after the fprintf statement that prints the value of the main variable ) and have it print a corresponding number of times on the same line if I don't use a new line command......... Thks greatly

**quzah** · 10-17-2002

You can't declare '*' as anything. You can easily display however many you want though:

Code:

void displaystar( int count )
{
    int x;
    for( x = 0; x < count; x++ )
        putchar( '*' );
}

Quzah.

**Magos** · 10-17-2002

Identifyer names can only contain letters, digits and a few special characters, and must begin with a letter. This makes it impossible to name a variable *.

**quzah** · 10-17-2002

Originally posted by Magos
Identifyer names can only contain letters, digits and a few special characters, and must begin with a letter. This makes it impossible to name a variable *.

Must begin with a letter or an underscore. While they may or may not be considered 'reserved' to do so, it is valid:

int _myvar;

Quzah.

**bluenoser** · 10-17-2002

Thanks citizens! I think I need to give this some more thought.

**~~master5001~~** · 10-17-2002

are you trying to tell me that my latest project won't work:

Code:

void main(void) {
    int ** = "hello world";
    int number_of_stärs = 1;

    for(;;) {
         * = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int));
    }

    return "NULL";
}

**bluenoser** · 10-18-2002

I got my prog to work alright with just a for and print statement.

Code:

for(a=1; a <= num_a; a++)
fprintf(outfile, "*",a);

Value of num_a determined prior of course. Now on to the next assignment ......... Thks all

**MrWizard** · 10-18-2002

Originally posted by master5001
are you trying to tell me that my latest project won't work:

Code:

void main(void) { int ** = "hello world"; int number_of_stärs = 1; for(;;) { * = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int)); } return "NULL"; }

No, that should be fine as long as you are using MS VC++.

**Prelude** · 10-19-2002

>No, that should be fine as long as you are using MS VC++.
It wouldn't surprise me.

-Prelude

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