RM>   char c[6] = {"abcde"}; // note 1 char bigger to allow for \0



 PE> And why would you want to do that?



 Prolly the best reason is so that

strlen(c) will still make sense.



 PE> And even if you did want the

 PE> terminating NUL, why bother putting the "6" there?



Habit. Good point, though; easier and safer to let the compiler do

the work.



 PE> I forgot to

 PE> check for "void main" or stupid return values from main, so no

 PE> abuse this message!  :-)



Ooh ta. One day, when I clean it up, I'll send you my Sundial.cpp program

for your public domain collection, just to watch you turn funny

colours pulling it to bits 



Cheers



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