C2041 Illegal Digit for base 8 error preventing program from compiling

Question

Hello I'm a college student and I'm using Visual Studios 2022 for my C++ class,

I was doing a project and I couldn't debug it. This is what it shows when I press f5:

[Please do not upload images of code/errors when asking a question.](//meta.stackoverflow.com/q/285551) — Passerby, Feb 02 '22 at 22:08
the oint is that you cant debug a program until it compiles cleanly. Fix the error that others have (and the compiler) have told you about (although its not obvious) — pm100, Feb 02 '22 at 22:16
Numbers starting with a `0` are considered octal (base 8), and can then only contain digits 0-7. — BoP, Feb 02 '22 at 22:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '22 at 22:12

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Remove zero from the beginning of const int STUDENT_ID = 0488319

answered Feb 02 '22 at 22:12

Farhan Ali

If you need to actually store leading zeros you can't use an int. – drescherjm Feb 02 '22 at 22:15
Yes, you are right. You have to use some sort of an array to store all digits of a number including leading zeros. – Farhan Ali Feb 02 '22 at 22:19

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