Question

int main() {
    return 0;
}

const uint8_t* byteHunter(const uint8_t *Search, uint16_t sLength, 
                          const uint8_t *Pattern, uint16_t pLength) { 
    // This is the body of the function
}

I get an error when compiling this function interface that says:

19 C:\Users\Anne\Documents\School\Sophomore\Spring2012\CS 2505\HW09.c syntax error before '*' token

Besides comments above the function interface, there is nothing else in my code at all. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

The type uint8_t is “unknown” by default, unless you #include <stdint.h> which will declare to the compiler what uint8_t really is.