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From: mitch@hq.af.mil (Mitch Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: RE: Re: WANTED: "C" code line counter program
Message-ID: <MITCH.91Mar11175953@hq.af.mil>
Date: 11 Mar 91 22:59:53 GMT
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In-reply-to: raj@crosfield.co.uk's message of 11 Mar 91 09:06:47 GMT

/* 
 * On 11 Mar 91 09:06:47 GMT, 
 * raj@crosfield.co.uk (Ray Jones) said:
 * 
 */ 

>     I need a "C" code line counter program, preferably written in
>"C".  It will be used on several platforms, so solutions involving
>shell scripts and other UNIX utilities won't work.  I'm not very 
>picky (although I'd like something that did a little more than count 
>newlines :-) 

Ray> So how about one that counts semi-colons :-)

Because:

#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
  printf(";;;; Hello World ;;;;\n");
}



		:-)

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