in turbo pascal i have an error like this "ERROR 96: To many variables" what's the problem? and what can i do?

Question

i declared a type like this:
type
color:array[1..160,1..120] of byte;

when i use this type in my program named error appears
what can i do?
help me plz!

Answer 1

Hi there,



The error is caused by Pascal running under DOS.



DOS uses old memory conventions, in as much as you have limited resources, in only 64k addressable memory blocks/ 16k chunks. When you define large arrays or too many variables that go over the Stack/Heap space limits, you will be unable to compile code and will get the error you describe.



The answer is to do one of the following:

1. reduce the amount of variables.

2. adjust the heap/stack space using the {$M stack,heap} or {$MEM xyz} compiler directives.

3. adjust where variables are stored (see "absolute")

4. Use a different (32bit) compiler.



I found the following code works just fine:

---- listing ----

program Test;



uses crt;



type

TColor = Array[1..160,1..120] of byte;



var

Colors: TColor;

x,y: byte;



begin

for y:=Low(Colors) to High(Colors) do

for x:=Low(Colors[y]) to High(Colors[y]) do

Colors[x,y]:=0;

end.



I hope this helps, but feel free to mail me ([e-mail]) should you need further help.



na

Answer 2

Error 96

Answer 3

I suggest you ask this in a Turbo Pascal related forum or newsgroup. Or you can switch to FPC and not have this problem.