Darin,
 >  JD>      char string[4];
 >  JD>      string="OUCH";
DM > You mean:
DM >   strcpy(string, "OUCH");
    No. "OUCH" is 5 chars long; string[] is four. Quart into pint pot 
syndrome.
 > The operator = won't work here.
    True, but nothing at all will cope with these circumstances. :-)
bb.
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