diff --git a/include/recarray.cpp b/include/recarray.cpp
index 4bbb7604b..dd7295a69 100755
--- a/include/recarray.cpp
+++ b/include/recarray.cpp
@@ -721,8 +721,7 @@ const TString& TDecoder::decode(const char* code)
 }
 
 const TString& TDecoder::decode(long code)
-{
-  char c[16]; 
+{ 
   if (code > 0)
   {
     TString16 c; c << code;