Thread: "Unlinked floating point" problem

hi,

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

struct xyz
{
     float foo[5];
     float bar;
}*x[5];

void main()
{
    scanf("%f",&x[0]->foo[0]);
}

When i try to compile the above code( using Turbo C++ 3.0 in 16-bit DOS), the program terminates with this message:

scanf: floating-point math package not linked
Abnormal program termination


To Quote from the manual, When using float datatypes, linking with the floating-point package is mandatory, Turbo C++ will automatically do this for you if you use float in your code

Then why this error and how am I supposed to fix it?

Thanks In Advance,
Sahil

P.S This is my first thread, hello to everyone over here

i got my answer here:

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...171#post322171

funny i am replying to my own post(on my first post itself).
thanks
sahil

Yeah, the use of ancient compilers has that unfortunate side effect.

Unless I'm mistaken, you're also reading your value into unallocated memory, unless this isn't your actual code. You've declared x[0] to be a pointer to a struct, but the actual struct for x to point to is never allocated.