Thread: Help on writing program

robasc, i think you need to do some reading on how to declare, initialize and use a variable, take a look at this http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html or search google for more. If you doing this for school i think you should buy a book and start reading before things get more complicated. Beleive me you dont want to be in a programming class without knowing the basics, it will help you a lot.

Originally Posted by robasc

I am sure that the problem lies in the printf statement;however,
it will not compile the way you wrote it.

Code:

#include <conio.h>
#include <stdio.h>

main(void){
           int number1;
           number1 = 218;
      printf("the ASCII value of 217 is%c \n", num1);
    getche();
}

what else am I doing wrong?

You mean aside from assigning 218 and saying it's actually 217?

Quzah.