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[digerati]

Hello Coders,

I am trying to use this switch statement and it gives me an error, saying syntax error before token '=' in all the case statements except for the first and last case statement, all the variables have been defined fine.

switch (op) {
					case 'l': LONG_MODE = TRUE;
						#define LONG_MODE
						break;
					case 'a': DISPLAY_ALL_FILES = TRUE;
						#define DISPLAY_ALL_FILES
						break;
					case 'C': COL_MODE = TRUE; LONG_MODE = FALSE;
						#define COL_MODE
						#undef LONG_MODE
						break;
					case 'd': DIR_MODE = TRUE;
						#define DIR_MODE
						break;
					case 'R': RECURS_MODE = TRUE;
						#define RECURS_MODE
						break;
					case 'S': SORT_MODE = TRUE;
						#define SORT_MODE
						break;
					default : print_help(2);
				}

Thanking you.

Edited by WingedPanther, 30 September 2008 - 08:29 AM.
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[WingedPanther]

Without seeing the definitions of your variables, it is very hard to help you out.

[digerati]

static bool DISPLAY_ALL_FILES = FALSE, DIR_MODE = FALSE, RECURS_MODE = FALSE, LONG_MODE = FALSE, COL_MODE = FALSE, SORT_MODE = FALSE;


These are my variables...

[digerati]

The problem was i was using the same names for both the #define and the variable name, but i am still confused on why it did not complain for the first and last case.

[WingedPanther]

not sure.

[LogicKills]

Why are you declaring your macros in your switch statements?

[digerati]

i have a function which prints depending on the macros defined at that point of time

[marwex89]

Can you achieve this that way?

[WingedPanther]

You do realize that ALL the macros end up being defined, don't you? The macros are defined by the preprocesser, not at execution time.

[dargueta]

You'll have to create an int variable and use the bits as flags.

[MeTh0Dz]

This code should be completely rewritten.

[marwex89]

I agree.