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I have a string variable: let's say: NAME.
For instance, suppose NAME equals "andrew smith"
A would like to get the 1st letter of NAME (here 'a') and put it in the variable LETTER1 (also declared as a string in GE)
Unfortunately, the following code does not seem to work:

char LETTER1 = NAME[0];

This lead to the following error message: "Incompatible types: cannot convert from 'char' to 'ARY[256]char'.
Why?
Many thanks for your help.
Regis

If the string is a actor variable, like name, you can't access character directly.
So, you need to copy first to other string, and get the character from this string:

char s[32]; //the temp string
char LETTER1;

strcpy(s, name);
LETTER1 = s[0];

Hi Makslane,
Once again, I am impressed by the rapidity of your answer!
The problem is:
Entering the following code you give:
char s[32];
... Leads to another error message: "Unexpected declaration".
I am sorry, because this may be due to my lack of knowledge.
By the way, the variable NAME is in reality the result of the following code:
strcpy(NAME,getOwner());
May help...

Variable must be declared at begin of script or begin of {
Can you show the whole code?

Yes, Makslane: you are perfectly right (as usual ): arrays must be declared at the beginning of the code: is it because such a way of declaring variables is different from using the GE menu "variable" and such a menu declares variables at the beginning too (while compiling) but this is "transparent" for the user?
Your friend,
Regis

Variables created with variables button, are declared before all other codes, so, you don't need worry.