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Brandon Fallin
Courses Plus Student 4,055 PointsI can't seem to figure out the problem.
I am having problems with Challenge task 2 of 3 in the "Pointers and Memory" section.
The challenge tells me to "Declare a 'char' variable named 'alpha' and initialize it to 'k'." so I wrote the following. (the first line is from the previous challenge task)
char *pointy;
char alpha = "k";
but it gives me the error "Bummer! Did you declare 'alpha' as a "char" and initialize it to 'k'?". The only thing I could think of is that "initialize" does not mean "set to".
1 Answer
joshua french
Courses Plus Student 2,894 PointsHi Brandon,
You're so close. Just replace the double quotes with single quotes ( char alpha = 'k') It's seeing your "k" as a string not as a character 'k'
Brandon Fallin
Courses Plus Student 4,055 PointsBrandon Fallin
Courses Plus Student 4,055 PointsThanks! that worked great, I was on the brink of pulling my hair out. I guess my JavaScript background is to blame lol.