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06/08/07 07:22
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 		 #140398 - Don't try this at home!!!
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Raghu said:
This looks impressive:

for(v=i=0;i<4;v=10*v+b[i++]-48);

And with my "knowledge" of C, I think that I need to do this four times to get the four parameters?

That's correct.

What is that "b"? A little explanation will be appreciated.

The little "b" is the same as your "buf" -- the array where the 16 raw characters are stored.

Please don't pay too much attention to this example. It is fun to play around like this, trying to make things small and cryptic. That's what Jan and I were doing, kind of as a joke. But it would be really bad to put this in a real program. Instead, write something obvious and straightforward, then comment it carefully so that you can figure it out again two months later after you have forgotten what you were doing in the first place.

-- Russ


List of 39 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
String to decimal numbers            01/01/70 00:00      
   Piece of cake            01/01/70 00:00      
      Answer is correct - just do it 4 times!            01/01/70 00:00      
      No, Andy -- Joe\\\'s answer is not correct            01/01/70 00:00      
         simpler????            01/01/70 00:00      
            Simpler            01/01/70 00:00      
               scanf, printf....            01/01/70 00:00      
               scanf()            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Warnings well taken.            01/01/70 00:00      
         My response shows how to do it            01/01/70 00:00      
            the 1-line solution            01/01/70 00:00      
               Now that we\'re being silly ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I'm tempted to give it a "+1 Good answer" :-)            01/01/70 00:00      
                  As Cryptic as it can get.. (for me)            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Don't try this at home!!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Maybe try at home but NOT with the client !            01/01/70 00:00      
                  all 4 numbers, printf-ed, all in one for            01/01/70 00:00      
                     One small correction            01/01/70 00:00      
                        The world would come to a voilent end.            01/01/70 00:00      
                           this was nothing...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Jan loves C ??? World go KAABOOM!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Jan, you are a wild man!!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I am cool serious.            01/01/70 00:00      
                           I've been learning C too!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              K&R            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 K&R * 3            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    The separation of AWK and Perl duly noted            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    I only have the one...            01/01/70 00:00      
   How about...            01/01/70 00:00      
      weekend quiz?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Ok, so it might have been a bit cryptic            01/01/70 00:00      
   Uncanny Adverts            01/01/70 00:00      
      OT - Google magic            01/01/70 00:00      
         Missed concepts..            01/01/70 00:00      
            Be careful            01/01/70 00:00      
               gets() is differently bad            01/01/70 00:00      
                  still better than scanf()            01/01/70 00:00      
                     or, don't bother with the stdlib etc. at all            01/01/70 00:00      
                        for me, replace 'rarely' with 'never'            01/01/70 00:00      

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