Re: Error: 'for' loop initial declaration used outside c99 mode

Pedro Pinto wrote:
When compiling my program i got this error:

Error: 'for' loop initial declaration used outside c99 mode


What is it and how can i solve it?

You're coming to C from a Java background, aren't you?

This is illegal in most C dialects; it is a legal C++ declaration, and
so may be accepted if you are compiling C with a C++ compiler:

for( int k=0; k<10; k++){}

I do like that syntax since it's such a common idiom to have a loop
iterator only in the scope of the loop.

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