Thread: Getting ASCII character warning

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    Getting ASCII character warning

    I have the following line of code to help me draw the screen

    Code:
        char topLeft = 201;
        char horizontalLines = 205;
        char topRight = 187;
        char verticalLines = 186;
        char bottomLeft = 200;
        char bottomRight = 188;
    these characters are from here. But now i get warnings

    Code:
    warning C4309: 'initializing' : truncation of constant value
    Is there a way i can avoid this warning?

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    A 'char' type may either be signed or unsigned, that is implementation dependent. It is apparently signed in your implementation, meaning the maximum value is 127. You'll need to use 'unsigned char' to be able to store one-byte values which most often have 8 bits.

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    In VS, all chars are signed by default.
    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    thanx

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