Asciiz*9?

[Aisin Geuru Suen Yue]

Everytime I try to read the Petzold example in PB format,
I saw this:
GLOBAL szAppName AS ASCIIZ*9
Why need to put the ASCIIZ*9? In the original C code will be
TCHAR szAppName[]=TEXT ("XXXXXXX");
Any advise on this?
Thank



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[Cecil Williams]

Aisin,

GLOBAL szAppName AS ASCIIZ*9 defines how long the ASCIIZ is, 8
full characters plus the terminating null.

TCHAR szAppName[]=TEXT ("XXXXXXX"); is an undefined string array
in C. Without a value in the brackets, you can make the string
length to your liking, sorta like Basics dynamic string.

Just so happens that in C you can define and initialize in the
same statement. Hope this helps!!!

Cheers,
Cecil



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