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1011 :: help! win8.1 cannot compile first test file

• bj (orginal) [2015-03-11T01:25:54+01:00] view original

  Couldn't render post #6148.

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• Varriount (orginal) [2015-03-11T19:17:48+01:00] view original

  First off, it really helps if you use the forum syntax to format your post, so that we can view your post in the clearest way possible.

  Code:

  
  #This is a comment
  echo("What's your name? ")
  var name: string = readLine(stdin)
  echo("Hi, ", name, "! ")
  Run

  Approximate Output:

  
  D:\\workNim> nim c -r hello.nim
  C:\\nim\\config\\nim.cfg(45, 2) Hint: added path: 'C:\\Users\\Bill\\.babel'
  Hint: added path: 'C:\\Users\\Bill\\.nimble'
  Hint: used config file 'C:\\Nim\\config\\nim.cfg' [Conf]
  Hint: system [Processing]
  Hint: hello [Processing]
  Error: unhandled exception: invalid format string [ValueError]
  Run

  Looking at your code, I don't see why it would throw a formatting exception. Is that all of your code? Are you importing anything?

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• Araq (orginal) [2015-03-11T19:32:45+01:00] view original

  That exception can occur when you messed up your configuration file(s).

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• bj (orginal) [2015-03-12T01:12:21+01:00] view original

  Araq

  The configuration file was certainly messed up.

  The path to mingw64 was commented out at installation - I uncommented that and then had the current problem. I might try a new install (aleady done this several times).

  Bill

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