error: parse error before 's'

[strgzr3745]

I am very new to programming and am trying to get this pattern finder program to compile. Everytime I try I get the following:
error: parse error before 's'
This error appears in line 26 in the getline() function. I have marked where I think this points to. Can anyone bring me back to sanity? I just can't seem to get this to work.

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAXLINE 1000

int index(char s[], char t[]);
int getline(char s[], int lim);

main() /*find all lines matching a pattern*/
{
char line[MAXLINE]; /*1000 long, empty array*/

while (getline(line, MAXLINE) > 0) /*there is a line, fill array*/
if (index(line, "the") >= 0)
printf("Match found on line: %s\n", line);
} /*end of main*/

getline(s, lim) /*get line into s, return length*/
char s[];
int lim;
{
int c, i;

i = 0;
while (--lim > 0 && (c=(getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n') /*limit not exceeded and
not at end of file and not at end of line*/
s[i++] = c; /* ?????PROBLEM HERE?????*/
if (c == '\n')
s[i++] = c; /*put new line into array*/
s[i] = '\0'; /*terminate string with null*/
return(i); /*int, length returned*/
} /*end of getline*/

index(s, t) /*return index of t in s, -1 if none*/
char s[], t[]; /*s=string, t=pattern*/
{
int i, j, k; /*i=march string, j=temp march string, k=march t*/

for (i = 0; s[i] != '\0'; i++) {
for (j = i, k = 0; t[k] != '\0' && s[j] == t[k]; j++, k++)
;
if (t[k] == '\0')
return(i); /*int*/
} /*end of for*/
return(-1); /*int*/
} /*end of index*/

[Soujiro]

hmm your code is not so good... better use Code tag so that it would look nice.. anyway you lack a ')' in the while portion.. and i haven't encountered that kind of statement where the description of the parameters are outside the ( ), try putting them inside the ( ) and that should work fine( in gcc linux of course) ...

well good luck coding

[strgzr3745]

Thanks so much for your help! I almost went crazy (^_^) I'll have to check out Code Tag. I just copy pasted my code from my XCode window and all of the indentation was lost. Thanks again!

[cworld]

I am very new to programming and am trying to get this pattern finder program to compile. Everytime I try I get the following:
error: parse error before 's'
This error appears in line 26 in the getline() function. I have marked where I think this points to. Can anyone bring me back to sanity? I just can't seem to get this to work.

#include <stdio.h>

#define MAXLINE 1000

int index(char s[], char t[]);
int getline(char s[], int lim);

main() /*find all lines matching a pattern*/
{
char line[MAXLINE]; /*1000 long, empty array*/

while (getline(line, MAXLINE) > 0) /*there is a line, fill array*/
if (index(line, "the") >= 0)
printf("Match found on line: %s\n", line);
} /*end of main*/

getline(s, lim) /*get line into s, return length*/
char s[];
int lim;
{
int c, i;

i = 0;
while (--lim > 0 && (c=(getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n') /*limit not exceeded and
not at end of file and not at end of line*/
s[i++] = c; /* ?????PROBLEM HERE?????*/
if (c == '\n')
s[i++] = c; /*put new line into array*/
s[i] = '\0'; /*terminate string with null*/
return(i); /*int, length returned*/
} /*end of getline*/

index(s, t) /*return index of t in s, -1 if none*/
char s[], t[]; /*s=string, t=pattern*/
{
int i, j, k; /*i=march string, j=temp march string, k=march t*/

for (i = 0; s[i] != '\0'; i++) {
for (j = i, k = 0; t[k] != '\0' && s[j] == t[k]; j++, k++)
;
if (t[k] == '\0')
return(i); /*int*/
} /*end of for*/
return(-1); /*int*/
} /*end of index*/

can not find line 26 . your code is not understandable! !!!!!!1

[RedSon]

can not find line 26 . your code is not understandable! !!!!!!1

cworld, you sound like a computer giving errors LOL. I think its great!
[Robot Voice]
Line 26: bad command or file name. Code is not parseable. Beep!
[/RobotVoice]