problem adding a simple pointer.

[Jim Smithe]

I have the following simple code in C.

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int x = 7;
printf("x is %d\n",x);
x = 14;
printf("x is %d\n", x);
int *aptr = &x;
}


As soon as I add the line       int *aptr = &x;     I get missing ';' before 'type' when I try to compile. Why would that happen? Everything looks fine and compiles fine except when I add that new line. What I am doing should work.
Iam using Visual Studio Professional 2012

thanks

[John Matthews]

Hi Jim

It compiles fine for me when I copy/paste your code into a file and compile using gcc in linux. Are you absolutely sure that what you've posted and what you're compiling are the same?

Cheeers
John

[Jim Smithe]

yes and the code is from the video found here talking about creating pointers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw1qsMieK5c
Looks like that guy in youtube video uses something other than Visual studio to.
Its is a direct copy and paste from my project.
Unfortunatly I really need it to work in Visual Studio. All my work is in that

[Campbell Ritchie]

That is a good tutorial

[Stephan van Hulst]

What project type did you create in Visual Studio?

[Jim Smithe]

I think I got it. I had to create a new project and just do it again. For some reason that worked even though they both look the same. I create a win32 console application.