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Robert Kwiat
5,349 PointsDo you have to declare bravo as an array?
Do you have to declare bravo as an array? Why not just declare it as a char variable?
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Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsits a string of characters, so it must be declared as an array. A char can only hold 1 character, not multiple characters.
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Jason Almenas
922 PointsHey Stone, thanks for that, I was wondering the same thing.