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From: scott@erick.gac.edu (Scott Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Compairing C values
Message-ID: <SCOTT.91Feb5211822@erick.gac.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 03:18:22 GMT
References: <rat.3380@hotcity.UUCP> <1991Feb5.173012.20398@nas.nasa.gov>
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In-reply-to: dueker@xenon.arc.nasa.gov's message of 5 Feb 91 17:24:12 GMTLines: 23

In article <1991Feb5.173012.20398@nas.nasa.gov> dueker@xenon.arc.nasa.gov (Chris Dueker) writes:
   In article <rat.3380@hotcity.UUCP>, rat@hotcity.UUCP (P W) writes...
   >char a = argv[1];
   >if (a = '+') printf("a equals +");
   >if (a = '0') printf("a equals '0'");
   >if (a = 0) printf("a equals 0");
   >}

   Umm, if it's not a typo above, you should use "==" instead of "=" in
   the if stmts above.  The "=" assigns the character to variable a, then
   if the result is true, the printf stmt is executed.

You missed the most important part (among many) : a=argv[ 1]?  Note that
argv[ 1] is a 'char *', rather than a char.

Of course, no one's going to see this anyway!
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