it seems a lot of people are having difficulty with my ?: expression.
rather than going through each branch yourself, think of it like a
`boolean' switch that stops on the first `true' question (the bit on
each line before the ?), and then chooses the corresponding `answer'
(the bit before the :). try it on this one:
/* read the above paragraph BEFORE the following code! */
max(a,b,c) {
return
a > b && a > c ? a :
b > c ? b :
c;
}
remember that, whether or not you understand the C grammar, the two
blocks of code i provided last email are equivalent. i find the ?:
notation rewarding in its simplicity and compactness. it is no more
complicated then elif, but more regular and needs fewer ().
finally i note that K (from K&R), rather than write in idiomatic
fortran, wrote ratfor. no, i am not comparing myself to, K neither my
example to ratfor: i have not changed C, merely understood its grammar.
(thanks R!)
thanks for your time,
reuben.
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> ANSI 'K'&'R' is really just 'B' in disguise.
at least one person missed the ''
