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From: | Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Simple program. Strange results. |
Date: | 29 Aug 2003 10:14:22 GMT |
Organization: | Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) |
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Kenton W. Mellott <melken AT co DOT tds DOT net> wrote: > Perhaps you can help me grasp the trouble I'm having understanding > and using some previously suggested code. Some of us could, but I think you really should find a better place for this kind of questions. There's a special newsgroup for beginners learning C or C++ programming in the 'alt' hierarchy: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++, which is much better suited to this kind of question. Or just get yourself a good textbook and learn it. > if ((nl = strchr(buf, '\n'))) > -> *nl = 0; > I read this as: if strchr makes nl anything but zero then make it > equal to zero. No. Note how one assignment is made to 'n', the other to '*n'? That discinction is _important_. > Why? What other folloing statement uses it? > Also, why us a pointer to nl used, instead of plain nl. It's not a 'pointer to nl'. 'nl' is a 'pointer to something'. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
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