Declare an operator a variable?

Hello all!
It's a brand new day and a brand new query. I would like to use an operator as a variable (in particular '*'). I want to print out a number of '*' horizontally that reflect the given value of another variable. I thought if I declared the '*' to be an int I could just include a fprintf statement ( after the fprintf statement that prints the value of the main variable ) and have it print a corresponding number of times on the same line if I don't use a new line command......... Thks greatly

You can't declare '*' as anything. You can easily display however many you want though:

Code:

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void displaystar( int count )
{
    int x;
    for( x = 0; x < count; x++ )
        putchar( '*' );
}

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Quzah.

Identifyer names can only contain letters, digits and a few special characters, and must begin with a letter. This makes it impossible to name a variable *.

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Originally posted by Magos
Identifyer names can only contain letters, digits and a few special characters, and must begin with a letter. This makes it impossible to name a variable *.

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Must begin with a letter or an underscore. While they may or may not be considered 'reserved' to do so, it is valid:

int _myvar;

Quzah.

Thanks citizens! I think I need to give this some more thought.

are you trying to tell me that my latest project won't work:

Code:

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void main(void) {
    int ** = "hello world";
    int number_of_stärs = 1;

    for(;;) {
        * = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int));
    }

    return "NULL";
}

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I got my prog to work alright with just a for and print statement.

Code:

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for(a=1; a <= num_a; a++)
fprintf(outfile, "*",a);

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Value of num_a determined prior of course. Now on to the next assignment ......... Thks all

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Originally posted by master5001
are you trying to tell me that my latest project won't work:

Code:

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void main(void) {
    int ** = "hello world";
    int number_of_stärs = 1;

    for(;;) {
        * = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int));
    }

    return "NULL";
}

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No, that should be fine as long as you are using MS VC++. :D

>No, that should be fine as long as you are using MS VC++.
It wouldn't surprise me. :p

-Prelude