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From: wald-david@CS.YALE.EDU (david wald)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: down
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Date: 11 Dec 88 02:26:27 GMT
References: <gables.352@umigw.miami.edu>
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In article <gables.352@umigw.miami.edu> slores%gables.span@umigw.miami.edu (Stanislaw L. Olejniczak) writes:
>PLEASE don't flame for posting too simple a question.  I think the following
>SHOULD work, but will not even compile:
>       while ( (c = getchar) != EOF)
>               chcnt++ += (c == '\n');

Flame?  Us?  Never.

You can't assign to a ++ expression.


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