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Today's most active topics: * Got time? - 15 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/a77c1d53b6055c04 * gcc: error: case label does not reduce to an integer constant - 12 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/fb0c6578b250322b * Pointer initialization question... - 11 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/a73a5b31bd5dd852 * decimal to hexadecimal - 9 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/fbe2ff0108e35248 * Primers for Handel-C - 9 new http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/ec7b8743f6828856 Active Topics ------------- Coding standards - 2 new ------------------------ ...Which "we" are you talking about? It doesn't include me. I write if(foo(bar) != 0) ...But they are not. > but the True Style for Coding C is no secret: and no standard, either. ...Hardly. It's a common style, but its mindshare seems to be diminishing. this example ...Readable? I don't think so. I'd simplify the expression, tidy up - Tues, Dec 28 2004 8:30 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/45fff8e456da3b6e Pointer initialization question... - 11 new ------------------------------------------- ...task. ...indented. ... [link] ...I do have a real news server. It's hard to access cross country when I'm visiting family for the holidays. Thanks for the alternative, though. ...first ...Besides, ...problem. ...No, the problem for you is that if half the people here help others - Tues, Dec 28 2004 12:46 am 11 messages, 7 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/a73a5b31bd5dd852 memory alignment - 1 new ------------------------ ...Sure. The behavior can vary from one platform to another. I think most modern systems require strict alignment, generating a trap (such as a bus error) on a misaligned operand. But I've seen systems that can grab 4 bytes from an odd address (with or without a performance penalty), and others that quietly ignore the low-order two bits of the - Tues, Dec 28 2004 8:46 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/819b49c577553db9 fscanf question - most of line -> null - 1 new ---------------------------------------------- In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...Or, more simply, a suppressed-assignment single character reading directive, "%*c". Note that both of these have a drawback: if an earlier directive fails, they will not be reached and therefore will not consume the newline. In particular, if a line does not - Tues, Dec 28 2004 8:43 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/c7079594ab4e2c97 about the keyword "register" - 8 new ------------------------------------ howdy.... plz take a look at the following codes, and tell me the reason. 1 # define swap(a,b) a=a^b;b=b^a;a=a^b 2 3 int main(void){ 4 register int a=4; 5 register int b=5; 6 swap(a,b); 7 8 return 0; 9 } The assemble code of the above code. - Tues, Dec 28 2004 5:17 pm 8 messages, 6 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/24fe35bd10111bf7 decimal to hexadecimal - 9 new ------------------------------ Hi everybody, can anyone tell me how to convert decimal number into hexadecimal of the folloxing format. If I give deciaml value of num=100, I need the output in the hexa decimal form as 0x64. I can able to get teh hex value 64 which of type char. But actually I want the ouput in the format of 0x 64. - Tues, Dec 28 2004 2:16 am 9 messages, 7 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/fbe2ff0108e35248 linklist - 5 new ---------------- 1) Is there a way, to delete say "n"th node in a link list without actually traversing? 2) Is there a way to find out the number of nodes in the list without traversing? - Tues, Dec 28 2004 4:06 am 5 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/7f40ece18106c1bd Primers for Handel-C - 9 new ---------------------------- Hi all, I need some good primer books on Handel-C. Plz. send-in the titles. Thanx in advance. - Tues, Dec 28 2004 4:07 am 9 messages, 6 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/ec7b8743f6828856 strncat copies junk values .... - 2 new --------------------------------------- For me it prints the correct value. abcdefghi I am using HPUX c89 compiler. Why we need to initialize memory? - Tues, Dec 28 2004 4:18 am 2 messages, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/c3f41c30127b5549 declaring arrays with variable indeces - 7 new ---------------------------------------------- Hello, Is it possible to declare an array with variable indeces? i.e. int x = 4; int myArray[x]; for (j = 0;j < 5;j++) { myArray[j] = j; } x = 5; for (j = 0; j < 6;j++) { myArray[j] = j; } If it is possible I may have to use pointers, but I'm not sure how, and searching this group didn't come up with any answers. If anyone - Tues, Dec 28 2004 4:46 am 7 messages, 7 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/bf65dae25d8487ba Pointers in c - 1 new --------------------- ...They don't give me the answer I would like to hear :-D - Tues, Dec 28 2004 1:46 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/fa61be9ea4fe3db1 struc problems - 1 new ---------------------- Lawrence Kirby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in ...Indeed. - Tues, Dec 28 2004 1:48 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/87de91f99681ba36 Name help needed - 4 new ------------------------ We have strchr, that seeks a character in a character string In the x86 architecture, there are processor specific search operations wired in the hardware that can efficiently look for a short, or an int. I would like to add to lcc-win32's library two functions like this strshort(short *data, size_t len,short i); - Tues, Dec 28 2004 3:02 pm 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/d42b2ff2b7fd234b Got time? - 15 new ------------------ I have taken a class for C and a class for C++, yet when I read through some code, I am seriously lacking. I have tried to read countless tutorial from numerous different sites and I even read my books, but there is something missing. I need some guidance. The tutorials aren't enough. I could use someone who could help me by letting me - Tues, Dec 28 2004 7:55 am 15 messages, 8 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/a77c1d53b6055c04 compiler bug or misuse of a cast? - 4 new ----------------------------------------- Thanks to you, and to Jack, for replying. The replies were helpful, but don't get to the crux of my question -- which is my fault for framing the question as a gcc question and supplying a convoluted example. So I'd like to try again. int test(void) { int a = 17; a += 17; return a; ...If this function returned anything other than 34, the compiler would be - Tues, Dec 28 2004 10:08 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/2f38d4d20f0d7c55 How about this solution - 2 new ------------------------------- Hi, I am also new with C.I am studying the C in course. I performed this solution just as Practice to me. I found this Problem among messages from this page on Dec.27. The Problem says: Declare an array a[10], insert the first element of the array into the position specified by a following integer and print the contents. - Tues, Dec 28 2004 10:27 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/76186e4e56f045fd gcc: error: case label does not reduce to an integer constant - 12 new ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi again, This is my problem: when i try to compile the code that contains the function below, i get this: -- gcc:21: error: case label does not reduce to an integer constant gcc:24: error: case label does not reduce to an integer constant -- Now, I (think that I) understand the error, but cryptMsg[i] surely - Tues, Dec 28 2004 11:22 am 12 messages, 7 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/fb0c6578b250322b Tips to Reverse engineering .DRV and .DLL !! - 1 new ---------------------------------------------------- You'll need: * disassembler like IDA; * strong knowledge of assembler; * very good knowledge of source language (typically C or C+ASM in case of .DRV); * strong knowledge of compiler patterns, e.g. how exactly source language structures translated by compiler into assembler; * patience. ( [link] / Reverse engineering services) - Tues, Dec 28 2004 12:31 pm 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/e91f32eda3d34018 This C program prints 1 - why? - 2 new -------------------------------------- Correct. You may also use (char *)&a[1] - (char *)&[0] - Tues, Dec 28 2004 2: 01 pm 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/b36fabe7ede599ca Problem doing an e-mail program in C - 5 new -------------------------------------------- hi there peeps... like I say in the topic, I need to do an e-mail program in C language, and has to be made until the 3th of january..the problem is I'm having some problems with it. I was wondering if someone had a program like this..it has to send e-mails, read e-mails from a .txt file and show them in the screen with - Tues, Dec 28 2004 5:06 pm 5 messages, 5 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/a07c053a6829c214 Language efficiency of C versus FORTRAN et al - 2 new ----------------------------------------------------- In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ...For details of various processors, go to [link], [link], [link] etc. etc. You will find all the information about processors that you want, with as much detail as you want. A Google search will at least find a freely available copy of the - Wed, Dec 29 2004 12:15 am 2 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/d2a96d38c42413 Given an array a[N] with value 1...N, find a repeted value - 1 new ------------------------------------------------------------------ Groovy hepcat [EMAIL PROTECTED] was jivin' on 25 Dec 2004 08:29:55 -0800 in comp.lang.c. Given an array a[N] with value 1...N, find a repeted value's a cool scene! Dig it! ... Your instructor misspelled "repeated". The specification isn't even clear. And he apparently failed to teach you how to do your own - Wed, Dec 29 2004 12:31 am 1 message, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/df88efab84cf30ee is NULL-checking redundant in accessor-functions? - 3 new --------------------------------------------------------- Just tracing amongst a landscape ahead of the supper is too disciplinary for Marty to try it. Until Waleed suspects the Hills cheerfully, Hakeem won't jump any bottom sunshines. He'll be securing in front of circular Chuck until his personality kisss in general. Don't try to claim a owner! All - Tues, Dec 28 2004 11:37 pm 3 messages, 2 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/e5cdaa79d02d5ded Pointers are writing a messaging proxy in C - 2 new --------------------------------------------------- I want to begin a project to write a proxy for instant messaging protocols in C and make it posix compliant. I originally wanted to write the proxy for one protocol, but not im thinking if i was to write one i want to make it modular to handle a few. The platform of development will be FreeBSD, but that's really neither here nor there. My question - Wed, Dec 29 2004 4:00 am 2 messages, 1 author http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/c26982b324cdfc1b printf - 4 new -------------- Hi, Where can I find the source for printf ? John - Wed, Dec 29 2004 7:05 am 4 messages, 4 authors http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.c/browse_thread/thread/e860a642872579b ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "comp.lang.c" group. 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