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Article #9854Big Program, problem solved (dumb error)
From: Flynn D. Fishman
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1988 17:23
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1988 17:23
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Hi, Remember me:
> I have a problem that has been bugging me lately
>
> I am working on a rather large database application on the Amiga in Manx C.
> It has lots of variables and lots of routines, etc. etc.
>
> I find that some of my variables get changed arbitrarily
> for example I have a loop that counts from 0 to fieldlength, where
> fieldlength is a global generally 12. What happens is it counts
> from 0 to 10 and then from 1 to 10 over and over again for ever.
> ....
> ....
First I would like to thank everyone who sent me suggestions on helping me
The problem turned out to be a very stupid one in a one line routine to trim
undesired characters of the end of strings. Well it seemed that the
routine did not check for strings of length 0 (It checked of NULL strings
though :-).
It turns out that the manner I was testing my Save routine resulted
in the special state whereby part of the stack could be trimmed :-)
Thanks again for all the help you guys gave me
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Please ignore all spelling and grammarical errors. I am using a lousy
typewriter. (the fact that I can not spell or speak english does not
help matters either :-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!tank!ncar!gatech!purdue!decwrl!hplabs!motsj1!mcdchg!clyde!watmath!watcgl!fdfishman From: fdfishman@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Flynn D. Fishman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Big Program, problem solved (dumb error) Keywords: I feel so ashamed Message-ID: <5889@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Date: 18 Sep 88 17:23:37 GMT Article-I.D.: watcgl.5889 Distribution: comp Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 35