Thread: Can't post my program

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    Can't post my program

    Hi guys,
    New to the forum. Trying to post a program to receive so input/help, but I keep receiving an error asking me to surround my source code with code tags... unfortunately I have done that, ["code"] was placed before my first include file, and ["/code"] after my last function definition. Still receiving the error, and I tried emailing the webmaster, but again I am new and seem to not have that kind of access yet. Any help would be appreciated. (P.S. no curly braces are anywhere in the mentioned post).

    Edit: Got it to work, sorry for the inconvenience.
    Last edited by Majorpain2587; 05-30-2013 at 03:52 PM.

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    O_o

    Remove the " characters.

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    I just put those so it wouldn't consider my text between the code tags as code

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    Pro Tip: You can "fake" formatting tags as literal text by placing a blank formatting tag in the middle of the outer tag. For example to write:

    [CODE] [/CODE]

    You can simple insert a bold tag in the middle of the word "CODE" such as:

    [CO[B][/B]DE] [/CO[B][/B]DE]
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    Or use the [noparse][/noparse] tags

    [code][/code]

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    Real pro tip: use [noparse][/noparse] when you don't want the bbcode tags to be parsed, e.g., [noparse][code][/code][/noparse] results in [code][/code].
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    I... I was testing you.

    *phew*

    Ok, ok, amateur tip then. I guess [noparse][/noparse] has been around for a several years now, but I never bothered changing my ways. Anyway, I guess I should just fess up and accept the fact that you were right and I was testing you... ...

    ...
    Last edited by SlyMaelstrom; 05-31-2013 at 12:30 PM. Reason: This is a fake edit... I was testing you...
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    Last edited by SlyMaelstrom
    Did you forget to noparse the noparse tags?

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    ^_^

    Thanks for keeping us all on our toes SlyMaelstrom.

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