Problem with insultStrings.h

[carolinedelg]

Hi there-
I'm trying to upload the code to my pro mini, but I get an error code relating to the line
const char *valueStringList[] PROGMEM=

It says that "variable 'qualityStringList' must be const in order to be put into read-only section by means of 'attribute((progmem))"

I get the same error code for other similar lines of code for the other variations of insult strings. Any advice as I try to fix it?

Thanks,
Caroline

[carolinedelg]

The other lines of code being:
PGM_P qualityStringList[] PROGMEM=
and
PGM_P luxuryStringList[] PROGMEM =

[carolinedelg]

Found a solution:

`/******************************************************************************
insultStrings.h
Insults for the "HaterMatic" project
Mike Hord @ SparkFun Electronics
19 Feb 2014
https://github.com/sparkfun/HaterMatic
This code uses SparkFun's 6-value coin accecptor (COM-11636) and thermal
printer (COM-10438) to allow people to pay to have a piece of harsh language
directed at them. This file contains the actual insults.
Resources:
SoftwareSerial library
avr/pgmspace.h
Development environment specifics:
Developed in Arduino 1.0.5
Developed on a SparkFun Arduino Pro Mini 5V/16MHz (DEV-11113)
This code is beerware; if you see me (or any other SparkFun employee) at the
local, and you've found our code helpful, please buy us a round!
Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.
******************************************************************************/
// These define the number of insult strings for each tier. This limits the
// number of insults that can be selected from; don't forget to increment (or
// decrement!) this value if you add (or remove) insults.

#define NUM_V 4 // Number of "value" level insults.

// While this "double-define" thing, where we declare a variable, then declare
// an array with those variables in it, looks hokey, it's how you need to
// write strings into flash memory. If the strings were simply inlined into
// the meta-array, you'd end up with an array of pointers to RAM locations
// and only the pointers would be stored in flash; the strings would still be
// in RAM, clogging up your tubes.
const char vs1[] PROGMEM = "Doodoo breath!";
const char vs2[] PROGMEM = "Poopy head!";
const char vs3[] PROGMEM = "Butthead!";
const char vs4[] PROGMEM = "Dummy.";

const char *const valueStringList[] PROGMEM=
{
vs1,
vs2,
vs3,
vs4
};

#define NUM_Q 8 // Number of "quality" insults

const char qs1[] PROGMEM = "Stuck up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerf-herder!";
const char qs2[] PROGMEM = "Your mother was a hamster!";
const char qs3[] PROGMEM = "Your father smelt of elderberries!";
const char qs4[] PROGMEM = "Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?";
const char qs5[] PROGMEM = "Warthog faced buffoon!";
const char qs6[] PROGMEM = "You're just dumber than a bag of hammers.";
const char qs7[] PROGMEM = "Were you always this stupid, or did you take lessons?";
const char qs8[] PROGMEM = "You are a neo-maxi zoom dweebie.";

PGM_P const qualityStringList[] PROGMEM=
{
qs1,
qs2,
qs3,
qs4,
qs5,
qs6,
qs7,
qs8
};

#define NUM_L 17 // Number of "luxury" insults, for those who have everything.

const char ls1[] PROGMEM = "It may be that the purpose of your life is solely to be a warning to others.";
const char ls2[] PROGMEM = "If we throw you a going away party, will you?";
const char ls3[] PROGMEM = "It must be hard being brilliant with no way to prove it.";
const char ls4[] PROGMEM = "You are not a good person. You know that, right?";
const char ls5[] PROGMEM = "Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that.";
const char ls6[] PROGMEM = "You're not just a regular moron. You're the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived.";
const char ls7[] PROGMEM = "I advise you to have the top of your head taken off, the contents removed, and allow some sensible person to poo in it.";
const char ls8[] PROGMEM = "You'd bring a fork to an all-you-can-eat soup bar.";
const char ls9[] PROGMEM = "Some people spread joy wherever they go. You spread joy whenever you go.";
const char ls10[] PROGMEM = "Just when I think you've said the stupidest thing ever, you keep talking.";
const char ls11[] PROGMEM = "You're morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humour and you smell.";
const char ls12[] PROGMEM = "You are a sad, strange little person, and you have my pity.";
const char ls13[] PROGMEM = "Tell me, did you dress like that on purpose?";
const char ls14[] PROGMEM = "You make me feel like a better person.";
const char ls15[] PROGMEM = "I've trained dogs with more personality than you.";
const char ls16[] PROGMEM = "If all the village idiots left their villages and formed their own village, in that village, YOU would be the village idiot.";
const char ls17[] PROGMEM = "The YouTube comments about you are all true.";

PGM_P const luxuryStringList[] PROGMEM =
{
ls1,
ls2,
ls3,
ls4,
ls5,
ls6,
ls7,
ls8,
ls9,
ls10,
ls11,
ls12,
ls13,
ls14,
ls15,
ls16,
ls17
};

/*
I'm leaving this section in, but commented, because it's a useful example of
what not to do. The way I've done things here, you end up with an array of
pointers to strings stored in SRAM stored in flash, not an array of strings
stored in flash. See above for the correct, albeit clumsy, way to do it.
#define NUM_V 4 // Number of "value" level insults.
PROGMEM const prog_char *valueStringList[] =
{
"Doodoo breath!",
"Poopy head!",
"Butthead!",
"Dummy."
};
#define NUM_Q 8 // Number of "quality" insults
PROGMEM const prog_char *qualityStringList[] =
{
"Stuck up, half-witted, scruffy looking nerf-herder!",
"Your mother was a hamster!",
"Your father smelt of elderberries!",
"Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?",
"Warthog faced buffoon!",
"You're just dumber than a bag of hammers.",
"Were you always this stupid, or did you take lessons?",
"You are a neo-maxi zoom dweebie."
};
#define NUM_L 8 // Number of "luxury" insults, for those who have everything.
PROGMEM const prog_char *luxuryStringList[] =
{
"It may be that the purpose of your life is solely to be a warning to others.",
"If we throw you a going away party, will you?",
"It must be hard being brilliant with no way to prove it.",
"You are not a good person. You know that, right?",
"Here are the test results: You are a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: "A horrible person." We weren't even testing for that.",
"You're not just a regular moron. You're the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived.",
"I advise you to have the top of your head taken off, the contents removed, and allow some sensible person to poo in it.",
"You'd bring a fork to an all-you-can-eat soup bar.",
"Some people spread joy wherever they go. You spread joy whenever you go.",
"Just when I think you’ve said the stupidest thing ever, you keep talking.",
"You're morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humour and you smell.",
"You are a sad, strange little person, and you have my pity.",
"Tell me, did you dress like that on purpose?",
"You make me feel like a better person.",
"I've trained dogs with more personality than you.",
"If all the village idiots left their villages and formed their own village, in that village, YOU would be the village idiot.",
"The YouTube comments about you are all true."
};
*/`