Replace it with the free HiTech compiler, then. http://www.htsoft.com It's called PICLITE Andy Tobie Horswill on 10/13/2000 12:13:18 AM Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: (bcc: Andrew Kunz/TDI_NOTES) Subject: C compilers Hi, I'm currently trying out the CC5X Free compiler and was surprised to find it doesn't seem to deal with strings at all. The first app I built sends a 10 character string through the USART Tx pin. I started by defining a char array (char string[10]; works ok) and then tried to assign it a value (string = 'Hello!'; not ok). I was only able to initialize my "string" by individualy giving values to every byte in my array (string[0]='H'; string[1]='e'; and so on). Is this a normal behaviour for a PIC C compiler ? Do the Hitec and CCS compiler support strings ? Tobie -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu