Hi FRANK,
FRANK MASINGILL was observed on 08-Oct-97, writing to ALL
          Something about: Error showing data
 FM> Either there is some error I'm stupidly overlooking or some quirk in
 FM> this program code.  If I took out all references to the fifth item
 FM> Many thanks in advance.  I know my face will be red when I learn why.
 That is a possibility 
 FM>  //DATABASE.CPP - playing with char data items
 FM>         char state[2];
 FM>         char zip[10];
 You did not allocate enough space for the terminating nul.
 In memory the zip code comes right after the state...
 SS33333-3333
 You could store the characters with out the nul, but you
 must realize that you are not working with a string.  I
 think it would be easiest for you to use strings and just
 make the arrays longer.  Remember, a string is a nul term-
 inated character array.
 I would leave more room for the city also.  If you consider
 the longest probable input : District of Columbia
 you need at least 21 characters.   IMHO, 36 chars is usually
 good for names.  Probably wouldn't hurt to go more for the
 address line too... soooo...  I would go with something like
 this...
 private:
     char name[36];
     char address[48];
     char city[24];
     char state[3];
     char zip[11];
 Roger Scudder
 rscudder@usa.net
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