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0_0_20861760_6130.cpp: In function 'int main()':
0_0_20861760_6130.cpp:35:15: error: invalid conversion from 'char' to 'const char*' [-fpermissive]
   strcat(a,'*');
               ^
In file included from GCC4.9.2/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/c++/cstring:42:0,
                 from 0_0_20861760_6130.cpp:2:
GCC4.9.2/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/string.h:52:18: note: initializing argument 2 of 'char* strcat(char*, const char*)'
   char * __cdecl strcat(char * __restrict__ _Dest,const char * __restrict__ _Source);
                  ^