Hi Simon,
You asked:

SA>printf("Ping! [%s][%d]\n",ptr2,writelevel);
SA>}
SA>At the first "Ping!" writelevel is true;= 10.
SA>At the second, it returns 26723
SA>This ONLY occurs if "writelevel" is declared globally. If I declare it
SA>local to the function then it works properly. It does the same with the
SA>other three atoi() ints I read in, and yes, I have checked that I've not
SA>re-used "writelevel" elsewhere. It shouldn't change!
SA>Why is this?
In my personal experience this is a symptom of either buffer over-run
(I've certainly caused it by this myself) or an improperly initialised
pointer.
SA>(TCC3 16-bit dos under Win95. Small mem model, trivial program in
SA>early stages and no memory holes that I can see.)
The code as posted doesn't show any memory allocations for the pointers.
If the code is small enough and you're prepared to let me see it,
send all of it my way and I'll look it over.
George
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