Okay, I'm a dolt. I just figured out my mistake. hehe. thank you to anyone who tried. I realised that i needed to declare my variables inside the main function, rather than out in never never land... well, that took away the errors anyhow... anyone know why is was so wrong?

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I lost my toe the other day...
then I looked down at my foot and found he'd come back to me.

Guess I'll think twice about putting toes in my mouth,eh?