You cannot define a variable inside a switch statement, basically
speaking. The compiler complains because the second case statement skips
the first definition. However, both definitions are in the same "name
space" and the problem is that the same variable can be defined in two
different ways. The case statement is a remnant of old GOTO statements,
and c doesn't like statements that switch program control but not
namespace. To fix it simply define "char blah" before the switch
statement, which from your example looks like what you meant to do
anyways. Assuming that you want output the "char blah" after the switch,
the variable would not be defined anymore after the switch exited.
On Wed, 17 Dec 1997, Chuck Reed wrote:
> switch(blah) {
> case CASE_1:
> -> char blah = "stupid man";
> break;
> case CASE_2:
> -> char blah = "stupid man 2";
> break;
> default:
> log("I am a flying elephant.");
> break;
> }
>
Jonathan Branam
jpbranam@indiana.edu &
roadkill@writeme.com
(both forwarded to the same place)
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