Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!csrd.uiuc.edu!sp64.csrd.uiuc.edu!bliss From: bliss@sp64.csrd.uiuc.edu (Brian Bliss) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: to "OR" or not to "OR" Message-ID: <1991May28.231253.5226@csrd.uiuc.edu> Date: 28 May 91 23:12:53 GMT Article-I.D.: csrd.1991May28.231253.5226 References: <1991May28.191122.15749@ncsu.edu> <1991May28.210421.9656@unlv.edu> Sender: news@csrd.uiuc.edu (news) Reply-To: bliss@sp64.csrd.uiuc.edu (Brian Bliss) Organization: Center for Supercomputing Research and Development Lines: 13 If your compiler accepts trigraph sequences as defined by K&RII, then, ??! is equivalent to | which brings up the question: what if I want to use the sequence "??!" within a string? bb