You can't have a conditional operator on the left side of an equal sign.
? : is a conditional operator such that:
x ? y : z
means if x is true, then do y else do z.
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Yohay Etsion <yohay_e@NETVISION.NET.IL>
To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 4:30 AM
Subject: [CODE][WIN95][MSVC5] A compiling error concerning L-values
...
>error C2106: "-=" : left operand must be l-value
>
>in this line : GET_MANA(ch) -= 200;
>
>#define GET_MANA(ch) (!IS_NPC(ch) ?
> ((ch)->player_specials->linking[0] ? \
> (ch)->player_specials->manalinked : \
> (ch)->points.mana): (ch)->points.mana)
>
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