From: "Geo" 

I'm unclear, how is loglines2 related to loglines in the below or were you
just giving me two examples in the same program?

Geo.

"John Beckett"  wrote in
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> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:44:47 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote:
> > char loglines{4096][256]
> You probably need to master the basics before contemplating Paul's
> more correct comments. The basics are:
>
> 1. A function variable ("auto") occupies stack memory.
> 2. Global variables (defined outside functions) occupy data memory.
> 3. The qualifier "static" has two meanings:
>      - On a function variable, it means use data memory, not stack.
>      - On a global variable, it means "visible here only".
>
> The above is a rather crude summary. Anyway, you could solve your
> problem by putting "static" in front of the array variable.
>
> Alternatively, you could move the variable outside a function (in that
> case, the "static" would not be required, but would be good practice
> to indicate that you only intend the variable to be used from within
> the current source module).
>
> // Crude example.
> #include 
>
> const int MAXLINES = 4096;
> const int MAXLEN = 255;
> static char loglines2[MAXLINES][MAXLEN+1];
>
> void main()
> {
>     static char loglines[MAXLINES][MAXLEN+1];
>     for ( int j = 0; j < MAXLINES; ++j )
> sprintf(loglines[j], "%d Sample Log Text", j);
> }
>
> The above has TWO arrays (loglines2 is not used).
>
> John
>

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