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"Andrew R. Gillett" wrote:
> 
> In comp.os.msdos.djgpp, David Cleaver wrote:
> > cotnum(a, outfile);
> > fprintf(outfile, "^%d + ", x);
> > ...
> >
> > Here, cotnum is from a library I'm using which prints a number followed by a
> > new-line character.
> 
> I don't understand - why is a different function needed to do that? Why
> not use fprintf to output this number?
> 

Because these libraries are used in manipulating really big numbers.  These are
basically objects, and the value "a" in the code snipet is a pointer to one of
these objects.