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From: jb1742@almsa-1.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Help with Strings
Message-ID: <6442@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 14:07:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 30 14:07:21 1987
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In the statement--
         if (c == "\n" || c == "\0")
            OR
         if (c == '\n' || c == '\0')

  execution translates to--

         if (   == '\n'   ||    == '\0'  )

       and the statement bombs out because there is
    no test argument given.

  The way I have found around this is to write the
  statement as:

        if (xc == x || xc == x) 
 
      upon execution this translates to
        if (x == x || xc == x)

Hope this is what you were looking for.