KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q67160: PRB: CXX0004: Syntax Error Can Be Caused by a Leading Zero

Article: Q67160
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): 3.0,3.05,3.06,3.07,3.11,3.14,4.0,4.01,4.05,4.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kb16bitonly kbCodeView kbDebug kbVC kbprb
Last Modified: 26-JUN-2001

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft CodeView for MS-DOS, versions 3.0, 3.11, 3.14, 4.0, 4.01, 4.05, 4.1 
- Microsoft CodeView for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 4.0, 4.01, 4.1 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

An attempt to enter a value in CodeView fails and CodeView generates an error
message. CodeView versions 4.0x, 4.1, and 4.25 generates one of the following
messages:

  CXX0004: Error: syntax error

  -or-

  CAN0004: Error: syntax error

  -or-

  CXX0013: Error: missing operator

  -or-

  CAN0013: Error: missing operator

CodeView versions 3.x generate the following message:

  CV1017: syntax error

CAUSE
=====

The value has a leading zero and contains an "8" or a "9". CodeView treats a
value that begins with a zero as an octal value. The error occurs when the value
is not a legal octal value.

RESOLUTION
==========

Remove any leading zeros from a decimal number. To enter a decimal number
without regard to the current input radix, prefix the number with "0n" (without
the quotation marks). To enter a hexadecimal number, prefix the number with "0x"
(without the quotation marks).

Additional query words: 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.10

======================================================================
Keywords          : kberrmsg kb16bitonly kbCodeView kbDebug kbVC kbprb 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbCodeView kbZNotKeyword3 kbCodeView300DOS kbCodeView311DOS kbCodeView314DOS kbCodeView400DOS kbCodeView401DOS kbCodeView405DOS kbCodeView410DOS kbCodeView300 kbCodeView305 kbCodeView306 kbCodeView307 kbCodeView400 kbCodeView401 kbCodeView410
Version           : :3.0,3.05,3.06,3.07,3.11,3.14,4.0,4.01,4.05,4.1
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.