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From: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: What I'd really like to see in an if-statement...
Message-ID: <14522@bfmny0.UUCP>
Date: 7 Aug 89 16:10:47 GMT
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Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff)
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I suppose I might as well point out that if speed is not crucial,
you could always code a C function to do the triadic compare:

	if (triadc(min, '<', thisval, '<=', max)) ...

note using char for the two "operators" as above only works if type
int will accomodate two characters, which is usually but not universally
true.  You could also define special symbols for <= and >= and thus
express them in one character, or you could use string pointers or
enum constants like

	if (triadc(min, LESS_THAN, thisval, LESS_OR_EQUAL, max)) ...
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