From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix:teklabs!ogcvax!metheus!cdi!caf
Newsgroups: net.sources
Title: christmas.c
Article-I.D.: cdi.138
Posted: Tue Dec 21 02:45:23 1982
Received: Thu Dec 23 02:20:04 1982

/*
 * Translated from a Pascal program by Pete Mackie
 *  C program by Chuck Forsberg 12-20-82
 */
#include <stdio.h>

char *days[] = {
	"first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth",
	"seventh", "eight", "ninth", "tenth", "eleventh", "twelfth"
};

char *gifts[] = {
	"Tvelve drummers drumming",
	"Eleven pipers piping",
	"Ten lords a-leaping",
	"Nine ladies dancing",
	"Eight maids a-milking",
	"Seven seans a-swimming",
	"Six geese a-laying",
	"Five golden rings",
	"Four calling Birds",
	"Three French hens",
	"Two turtle doves",
	0
};

main()
{
	register int day; register char **pp, **qq;

	for (day = 0, pp = &gifts[11]; day<12; ++day) {
		printf("On the %s day of Christmas my true love gave to me -\n",
		  days[day]);
		if(day) {
			for(qq = --pp; *qq; ++qq)
				printf("%s,\n", *qq);
			printf("And a partridge in a pear tree.\n\n");
		}
		else
			printf("A partridge in a pear tree.\n\n");
	}
}