C Question
AVR IO Ports can not be global
I was writing an AVR code on Atmel Studio and by mistake I forgot to write the IO port settings (DDRx , PORTx ,...etc) in the main , instead I put it outside the main as shown :
The Code
then I got that error :
The error
When I added them back to the main function there were no errors
The question is why I can't add them outside the main ?
Do I miss some point ?
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Answer Source
A line of code like DDRA |= 0xFF is a statement. It performs a specific action (like setting all the bits of DDRA) when it is executed.
A statement must appear in a function, so that it will be executed as part of that function. It can't be placed at the top level of a source file, because source files are not executed -- only functions are.
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