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Subject: Re: [TADS] A newbie needing help
From: argus@see.the.sig (T Raymond)
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Tom Mcphee was overheard typing about:

> Hi all,
> Okay, I recently downloaded TADS to try and make some of my own
> games. Im getting along okay, and have started making a short
> game, but I keep getting error messages saying that I need to add
> colons, symbols or semi-colons. I cant understand why, as I'm
> comparing it to other samples of source code, where the error
> occurs and it seems the same. Could anyone give me some advice on
> this subject? Like, there might be a common mistake which newbies
> make like that or whatever. Or, if some kind soul is very kind, I
> could send them my source code, and they could tell me.
> It's probably a simple mistake, but still, it's halting my
> progress in learning the language.

Sounds like you aren't closing a set of braces {}, or missed a semi-
colon at the end of something. Try looking a line or two above the
reported error for a missing brace or semi-colon.

HTH

Tom
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