--- In [email protected], "bo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here is the code. In the section on function for inputing sales here
> is the error message:line 37: lexical: unknown escape sequence `\P'
> 'printf ("n\Please enter a valid amount\n")'
>
> What does Lexical: mean?
>
> printf ("n\Please enter a valid amount\n");
It's just that it should be "\nP... not "n\P...
The \ character is used to obtain special control codes ('escape
sequence') in C strings; \n is the 'new line' code. But \P isn't a
valid code, hence the compiler warning.
John
