Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!nucsrl!squires From: squires@eecs.nwu.edu (Matthew Squires) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: programming challenge (silly) Message-ID: <3950013@eecs.nwu.edu> Date: 12 Mar 89 22:28:09 GMT References: <3115@homxb.ATT.COM> Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA Lines: 12 / eecs.nwu.edu:comp.lang.c / pathak@s.cs.uiuc.edu / 8:44 pm Mar 10, 1989 / > main(n,m){for(scanf("%d",&m);m>1&m<10;n*=m--); > printf(m-1?"error\n":"answer is %d\n",n);} The expression "m>1&m<10" can be optimized by one character with the expression "m>1^m>9". > Heeren Pathak > s.cs.uiuc.edu > zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu