Thread: parse error before `char'

Hey guys,
I am trying to get part of my assignment to work and I once again get the above mentioned error message. I just cant see what it is complaining about. I am still a bit on thin ice in this topic area (pointers with using structs and linked lists ) and am having trouble to get through the errors so that I can get on with my programs. Its a huge assignment and I still got lots to do, so if someone could give me a direction in terms of what I did wrong this time, that would just be great.
Thanks a lot guys.
Johannes

Code:

createmaster.c: In function `CreateMaster':
createmaster.c:39: parse error before `char'
createmaster.c:41: `dataptr' undeclared (first use in this function)
createmaster.c:41: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
createmaster.c:41: for each function it appears in.)
createmaster.c:44: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast

createmaster.c: In function `ExtractData':
createmaster.c:82: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast

createmaster.c:88: parse error before `*'
createmaster.c:95: `boatptr' undeclared (first use in this function)
createmaster.c:96: parse error before `['
createmaster.c:98: `i' undeclared (first use in this function)
createmaster.c:98: warning: passing arg 1 of `strlen' makes pointer from integer
 without a cast
createmaster.c:101: `ptrdata' undeclared (first use in this function)
createmaster.c:105: warning: passing arg 1 of `strstr' makes pointer from intege
r without a cast
createmaster.c:108: warning: passing arg 1 of `strstr' makes pointer from intege
r without a cast
createmaster.c:111: warning: passing arg 1 of `strstr' makes pointer from intege
r without a cast
createmaster.c:121: parse error before `['
createmaster.c:122: `j' undeclared (first use in this function)
createmaster.c:125: `Participant' undeclared (first use in this function)
createmaster.c:125: warning: passing arg 1 of `fprintf' from incompatible pointe
r type
createmaster.c: At top level:
createmaster.c:138: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit declaration
createmaster.c:58: warning: previous implicit declaration of `InitialiseTime'
createmaster.c:138: warning: `InitialiseTime' was previously implicitly declared
 to return `int'
createmaster.c:139: parse error before `{'
createmaster.c:141: invalid initializer
createmaster.c:142: invalid initializer
createmaster.c:144: parse error before `}'

Sorry for the long list of errors, but you can see how much I need to fix.
I have attached the code that throws the above error messages.
Cheers.

Hey guys, I had a crack at the file and got most of the 'errors' out. There are still some warnings tho.
I dont quite understand the last warning but. Here the struct related to the warning:

Code:

typedef struct Time{
unsigned short Hour;
unsigned short Minute;
unsigned short Seconds;
} TIME;

I am trying to initialise those in a funct called InitialiseTime - and declare them as follows:

Code:

TIME Hour = MAX /*#define of maximum value for unsigned*/ 
TIME Minutes = 0;/*short*/
TIME Seconds = 0;

Gathering from the error messages, this is wrong. Not sure why tho.
attached the new errors.

Thanks everybody,
Johannes

Ta for that. Never came across a message like that. How do i get it to be in cygwin then. Sorry I meant as a console application. Because I used the normal 'gcc' command.
But Ta for that.
Johannes