C Programming Homework Help Needed

[eugenebrooks]

Originally Posted by Pat McCarthy

That made that error go away but I still don't really understand how to use the function.
The first line:

char * buffer = new char[10];

is confusing me.

The use of the "new" operator is C++ speak, not C speak.

char buffer[10]; /* bigger than 10 is a good idea */

If a static or automatic array (depending on the location
of the declaration) is good enough, or

char *buffer;

buffer = malloc(10); /* again, bigger than 10 is a good idea */

to allocate the storage using the heap allocator in C.

Eugene