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econCodergirl
econCodergirl

Reputation: 313

Conflicting types for method

I'm getting this error that says "Conflicting type for method compress"

Here is my code: 

int main(int argc, char **argv){

char* ptr = argv[1];
printf("%c\n", compress(ptr, 'j', 1));
}

const char* compress(char* ptr, char c, int i){
    return "Hi";
}

Does anyone know what the issue is? Thanks so much for your help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 178

Answers (1)

dbush
dbush

Reputation: 223739

You attempted to use compress before it was declared. As a result, the default function declaration of int compress() was assumed. That implicit declaration doesn't match the actual definition.

Move compress above main. That way the function is defined before it is used.

Also, in your call to printf, you use the %c format specifier which expects a char but you pass in a char *. Change the format specifier to %s to match so that the entire string is printed.

Upvotes: 3

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