simple printf wont compile...

i'm trying to do this one exercise in a book where it asks you to replace user input of blanks tabs and backspaces with the words "blanks" "tabs" and "backspaces. but somehow this printf wont compile...

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>

#define IN 1
#define OUT 0



int main(void)
{
    int c, state;
    state = OUT;

    while((c = getchar()) != EOF){
          putchar(c);
          if(c == ' ')
            printf("blankz");
          if(c == '\t')
            printf("tabz);
          if(c == '\b')
            printf("backspacez");
        }
}

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the error is in printf("backspacez"); and it says the "tabz" printf has an error too but NOT the printf("blankz"); for some reason...

Error message:
cpp:20:unterminated string or character constant
cpp:18:possible real start of unterminated constant

i meant to say 18 colon but it makes that face lol. o and im using
C-Free 3.5

I hope no one replies Ive just deleted my post cause this is a simple error and I can't believe this guy is asking this I mean he isn't reading his own code...

//printf("tabz);

You're missing the second " to close the string.

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Originally Posted by isaac_s

//printf("tabz);

You're missing the second " to close the string.

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Man look
error.c: In function ‘main’:
error.c:18: error: missing terminating " character
error.c:19: error: syntax error before ‘if’
error.c:22: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
error.c:22:2: warning: no newline at end of fil
He isn't reading the compiler warnings...

Can't you see he uses a ........ty IDE and this error yyou have isn't in his compiler errors. If he's writing in a regular text app like Wordpad or if his IDE doesn't support colored syntax, I can understand he didn't see this as he is a beginner.

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Originally Posted by Desolation

Can't you see he uses a ........ty IDE and this error yyou have isn't in his compiler errors. If he's writing in a regular text app like Wordpad or if his IDE doesn't support colored syntax, I can understand he didn't see this as he is a beginner.

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Man gcc output mentions the error look...
Hey wich IDE are you using i_can_do_this?

Quote:

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i meant to say 18 colon but it makes that face lol. o and im using
C-Free 3.5

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There is his IDE.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Desolation

There is his IDE.

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Just checked C-Free has highlight btw wtf is it called C-Free if it is in fact shareware :P

o my bad.... i guess it was the tabs problem but it was weird cause the compiler said there was an error in the "backspace if "statement .

Quote:

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Originally Posted by i_can_do_this

o my bad.... i guess it was the tabs problem but it was weird cause the compiler said there was an error in the "backspace if "statement .

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It's not because a compiler gives an error on line 10 that the error will be on line 10, it can even be on line 9 or .....

Therefore, compile after every new chunk/function/... of code that you write. It will save you alot of time.