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From: bet@ecsvax.UUCP (Bennett E. Todd III)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: What should be added to C
Message-ID: <1617@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-May-86 09:49:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 27 09:49:59 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 28-May-86 06:02:36 EDT
References: <1462@mmintl.UUCP> <5498@alice.uUCp> <1497@mmintl.UUCP>
Reply-To: bet@ecsvax.UUCP (Bennett E. Todd III)
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In article <1497@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>In article <5498@alice.uUCp> ark@alice.UUCP writes:
>>Frank Adams says:
>>> o An andif clause for if statements.
>>
>>What does it do and how would you use it?
>
>You would write:
>
>  if (A) {
>    X
>  } andif (B) {
>    Y
>  } else {
>    Z
>  }
>
>This is equivalent to:
>
>   if (!(A)) goto _Z;
>   X
>   if (B) {
>     Y
>   } else {
>_Z:
>     Z
>   }

Why not use

    if (A) {
        X
        if (B) {
            Y
        }
    } else {
        Z
    }

-Bennett
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Bennett Todd -- Duke Computation Center, Durham, NC 27706-7756; (919) 684-3695
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