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From: mark@alsvid.une.edu.au (Mark Garrett Internet: mark@arvak.une.edu.au Phone: +61 66 20 3859)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Segmentation faults
Message-ID: <Bzqv3A.Jpz@alsvid.une.edu.au>
Date: 24 Dec 92 03:30:45 GMT
References: <BzGHo4.AK9@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
Organization: University of New England - Northern Rivers (Lismore)
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>From article <BzGHo4.AK9@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>, by woyansky@flamingo.ece.cmu.edu (George J. Woyansky):
>
> |>
> |>
> |> Hi,
> |> Why is the following code producing a segmentation fault???
> |> I am compiling this code on an Encore Multimax running UMAX 4.3 Unix.
> |> Please send replies to CBUSCH@ub.d.umn.edu.
> |>
> [OK frags deleted]
> |>
> |> void writexy(x,y,s)
> |> {
> |> printf("\33[%d;%dH%s",y,x,s);
> |> }
> |>
>
>
>
> Hmm. Maybe here? You need
> int x,y;
> char s[];
>
> after your function declaration.
That is correct the c compiler will have assumed x , y and s to be
signed integers, thus incorrectly using s.
Cheers
Mark :)
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Mark Garrett Internet: mark@arvak.une.edu.au Phone: +61 66 20 3859
University of New England, Northern Rivers, Lismore NSW Australia.