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From: chu@acsu.buffalo.edu (john c chu)
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Subject: When do you use "if ( a = b )"? (was Re: Funny mistake)
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Date: 17 Mar 91 12:53:11 GMT
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In article <775@camco.Celestial.COM> bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
[concerning "if ( a = b )"
>Certainly it
>is a legal construction, but 90% of the time when I do this it
>was my mistake!

It's been my mistake everytime I've done it!! I realize that it is a
legal construction and I know what it does, but I was wondering...
Is there a good use for this?

					john
				chu@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu