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    Trying to post code to discussion board, having problems...anyone else?

    I am trying to post some code to the discussion board (in another area specific to the type of code) to receive help/feedback, and it keeps giving me the error that I need to put the code tags around it (which I have done). Is anyone else having this problem or has anyone had this problem in the past that can give me some advice as to what I am doing wrong?

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    Did you... put the code tags correctly?
    The tags look like this: [code]{ My code }[/code].
    The result should look like
    Code:
    { My code }
    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.
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    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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    Screenshot to show that i have the codes in there right, but still not working :(

    Trying to post code to discussion board, having problems...anyone else?-screenshot-jpg

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    It could be referring to something else outside the code block. Eg, curly braces won't fly anywhere except in

    Code:
    wow {curly braces}
    Try removing (ie, cut n' save) everything outside the code tags, add a simple note explaining you are trying to get the question to appear, post that and the code, then start cutting and pasting your question back in with edit. I think you will spot the problem fairly quickly.

    Sucks, I know. Not your fault. It's this way because otherwise too many people don't use the code tags, and that is even more irritating.
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    MK27's theory sounds right to me. This is a really unfortunate limitation of the code tag checking system--it's just not that easy to identify code

    If there *isn't* a curly brace outside the code tags, can you email or PM me the content of what you are trying to post so I can investigate it?

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    The problem seems to have spontaneously rectified itself when I posted from a different computer. There were no internal curly braces in my post. You can see me failed first attempt to post and my final success at getting the code to post at my other board discussion post http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-pro...-new-post.html I was probably just clicking something strange or the computer I was using (at my school library) was limiting me in some fashion. Sorry!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dustynlily View Post
    I was probably just clicking something strange or the computer I was using (at my school library) was limiting me in some fashion. Sorry!
    Check and see if the library still uses IE6. I've seen this before because it came with XP and they either can't be bothered or have some weird policy about updates.
    C programming resources:
    GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
    The C Book -- nice online learner guide
    Current ISO draft standard
    CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
    3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
    cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge

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