Re: How to Define "Extern" Function in C++ Builder

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From: Alan Bellingham
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 22:47

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"Umar" <umarkazi@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>I am trying to use Extern Function, but its giving me declaration syntax error. I am using it like this way 
>
>                  Extern "C"
>                    {
>                     all the commands to read input written in  this area 
>                    }
>
>Could you please help me in this regard 

'extern' is not a function, it's a keyword.

More importantly, it's spelt 'extern', not 'Extern'.

Alan Bellingham
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