Dev C++ Very Basic C Console program - Parse error ????

[HollyStyles]

Why does this program - when compiled using Dev C++ on windows - produce a "parse error before `int' " on line 14 ?????

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  char last_name[6];

  last_name[0] = 'H';
  last_name[1] = 'e';
  last_name[2] = 'l';
  last_name[3] = 'l';
  last_name[4] = 'o';
  last_name[5] = '\0';

  int c = 0;

  return 0;
}

[Banfa]

what is the name of the file?

[gpraghuram]

Hi,
U can declare variables only at the beginning of the function in a C program.
Move the declaration int c = 0; to the beginning of the function.
The error will be gone
Raghuram

[HollyStyles]

Hi,
U can declare variables only at the beginning of the function in a C program.
Move the declaration int c = 0; to the beginning of the function.
The error will be gone
Raghuram

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