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Didn't my original post suggest this, as I said I put the additional int main() and return 0 myself before compiling, but posted the exact code snippet here; I put the return stuff in after...

And that's why I have K&R :)

Thanks for the post Elysia, is there a particular book you would suggest instead?

I figure I should give K&R a go anyway, having spent the best part of £20 purchasing it, perhaps I will learn more...

Thanks :)

That is what I thought looking through the book, a bit confusing without getting involved with C first. Not only that, but from what I read it seems C is great to learn, so I will...

A-ha!

It works - excellent, thanks for that!

Your replies bring me onto another quesiton though - should I be learning from K&R? Is this somewhat the 'long way round' to learning C? Ultimately...

Hello there,

The following code appears in K&R (p.18) second edition;



main()
{
long nc;