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From: Dave.Harris@f14.n15.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Increment Counters in declaration or in loop? (style question)
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Date: 16 Jun 91 14:18:45 GMT
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 >From: dm@phsbbs.princeton.nj.us (Doron Meyer)
 >Date: 11 Jun 91 12:09:44 GMT
 >Organization: Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey
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 >Newsgroups: comp.lang.c

 >Hello net land.  What is the 'preferred' stylistic method of incrementing
 >counters?  For example, this simple for loop.

 >for (count=0; count<4; count++)
 >{
 >  printf("name[%d]: %c\n", count, ptr++);

you could go:

for (count=0 ; count < 4; count++, ptr++)
    printf("name[%d]: %c\n", count, ptr);

I have seen both done but actually tend to use it the way you do.

Dave Harris.
 


 

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