Thread: !value required as left operand of assignment

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    !value required as left operand of assignment

    Its the problem with my loop part. How do I fix this?
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    /* Define constant NUM_FIBON (number of fibonacci numbers) to be, say, 12 */
    #define NUM_FIBON 12 
    int main()
    {
     	/* Declare and initialise an int array with the first 2 fibonacci numbers 1 and 1 */
    	/* The size of the array should be NUM_FIBON. */
    	int fibonacci[NUM_FIBON] = {1, 1};
    
    	/* Display the purpose of the program */
    	printf("\nThis program displays the first %d fibonacci numbers\n", NUM_FIBON);
    	   
    	/* Populate the array with other fibonacci numbers, starting with the 3rd number */
    	/* Each fibonacci number is the sum of the previous two */
    	for (NUM_FIBON = 2; NUM_FIBON<=12; NUM_FIBON++)
    	  {
       	   fibonacci[NUM_FIBON] = fibonacci[NUM_FIBON-1] + fibonacci[NUM_FIBON-2];
    	  }

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    Hint: a #define resolves to plain text substitution (eg: after the preprocessor has passed through the code, the macro is replaced by whatever you defined it as (also known as macro expansion)). In other words:

    Code:
    #define STUFF char* p
    
    int main( void )
    {
        STUFF;
        STUFF;
    }
    
    // after expansion:
    
    int main( void )
    {
        char* p;
        char* p; // error: redeclaration of 'p'
    }
    hth.

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    Your code, after the preprocessor has run:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    /* Define constant NUM_FIBON (number of fibonacci numbers) to be, say, 12 */
    int main()
    {
     	/* Declare and initialise an int array with the first 2 fibonacci numbers 1 and 1 */
    	/* The size of the array should be NUM_FIBON. */
    	int fibonacci[12] = {1, 1};
    
    	/* Display the purpose of the program */
    	printf("\nThis program displays the first %d fibonacci numbers\n", 12);
    	   
    	/* Populate the array with other fibonacci numbers, starting with the 3rd number */
    	/* Each fibonacci number is the sum of the previous two */
    	for (12 = 2; 12<=12; 12++)
    	  {
       	   fibonacci[12] = fibonacci[12-1] + fibonacci[12-2];
    	  }
    I don't know about you, but some parts of the code doesn't make sense to me.
    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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    thkx 4 ur help Elysia

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    Note also that after you correctly use a local variable as the loop counter, your loop should have < NUM_FIBON as the ending condition, not <= NUM_FIBON or you'll have a buffer overrun. Array indexes go from 0 to N-1
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