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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: comma operator
Message-ID: <5567@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 7 Aug 89 12:22:18 GMT
References: <10099@mpx2.mpx.com> <93@microsoft.UUCP> <10100@mpx2.mpx.com> <1938@softway.oz>
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <1938@softway.oz>, stephenf@softway.oz (Stephen Frede) writes:
> 	while ( printf("enter a number: "), scanf("%f", &num) == 1 )
> 	    ...	/* calculations on num */

Only because C doesn't have a general looping construct. I once
suggested this syntax:

	[do
		statement]
	[while(expr)
		statement]

Which includes both standard do...while, and while. Unfortunately it's
also even more susceptible to typos than regular do...whiles, so I got
roundly rejected.
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