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From: robert@cs.arizona.edu (Robert J. Drabek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Assignment in test: OK?
Summary: answer
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Date: 19 Sep 90 15:18:35 GMT
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Kartik Subbarao writes:
> 
> But now how do I say ``If a is less then -1''? 
> 

You would write

    if (a < )
      -1;

Of course, you've forgotten to specify what you want to compare `a' with.
English can be as unforgiving as C.  8-)

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