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From: dube@csd2.UUCP (Tom Dube)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: weird C behavior
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Date: Sat, 22-Mar-86 13:01:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 22 13:01:00 1986
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>Here is a short C program which gives correct output according to K & R.
>While I can't argue it's wrong, it is not transparently right, either.
>#include <stdio.h>
>#define BIG 36864
>int i;
>i = BIG;
>if (i != BIG)
>   printf("Equality NOT found: i = %d, BIG = %d\n", i, BIG);

 Sure it's correct. i is not 36864 because it is forced into a 16
bit integer.  The numbers look the same when you print them because
you are also forcing BIG into an integer with the format %d.  Try
printing both numbers with %ld.
                                    Tom Dube