C Program Compiles in Dev-C++ but not GCC?

[Kombat]

p1a.c: In function `main':
p1a.c:20: parse error before `char'
p1a.c:46: parse error before `char'
p1a.c:47: `result' undeclared (first use in this function)
p1a.c:47: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
p1a.c:47: for each function it appears in.)
p1a.c:47: `basechars' undeclared (first use in this function)

[Salem]

Standard C doesn't allow you to declare variables in the middle of statement blocks.

[Kombat]

got it thanks