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Jamil Jones
Jamil Jones
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Posted by Jamil Jones
Jamil Jones
10,852 Points

Stuck on this challenge for C Arrays

<html> <p>Declare 2 separate variables of type char named "alpha" and "bravo". Assign the letter 'a' to the variable "alpha" and the letter 'b' to "bravo".<p> <p>This is how I am doing it.<p>

<p> char alpha = a;</p><br> <p>char bravo = b;</p>

Here is the link for the code challenge

<p> Thanks for your help</p>

2 Answers

Ben Rubin
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Ben Rubin
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Ben Rubin
Ben Rubin
Courses Plus Student 14,658 Points

The compiler is interpreting your code as a and b both being variables. To denote that something is a character, it needs to be surrounded by single quotes. For instance 'a' is the character a.

Chelcie Small
Chelcie Small
81 Points

thanks Ben! great explanation!

Natacha S
Natacha S
11,561 Points
Natacha S
Natacha S
11,561 Points

yes ! basically it should look like this :

char alpha = 'a';
char bravo = 'b';
Chelcie Small
Chelcie Small
81 Points

nothing better than a visual aid! Thanks Natacha!