Respected Sir, I am using gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) I wrote one simple program but after compiling it, its showing me some unusual errors . Please help. Program: # include <stdio.h> # include <stdlib.h> int main() { int *p; int n,i; printf("No. Of Elements = "); scanf("%d",&n); p = (int *) malloc(n*sizeof(int)); for(i=0;i<n;i++) scanf("%d",(p+i)); for(i=0;i<n;i++) printf("%d\t",*(p+i)); printf("\n"); free(p); return 0; } Terminal: avinash@titanic:/Remastersys/Documents/Programs/c$ gcc dm.c -o dm dm.c: In function ‘main’: dm.c:17:1: error: stray ‘\302’ in program dm.c:17:1: error: stray ‘\240’ in program -- Avinash Sonawane PICT Pune India