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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: programming puzzle (silly)
Message-ID: <3412@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 14 Mar 89 19:27:00 GMT
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Organization: Xenix Support
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From klier@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Pete Klier):
> main(m,n){scanf("%d",&n);for(m=n>0^n>9;n&&m*=n--;);
> printf(m?"Answer=%d\n":"error\n",m);}

Give up one character and it works:

main(m,n){scanf("%d",&n);for(m=n>0^n>9;n?m*=n--:0;);
printf(m?"Answer=%d\n":"error\n",m);}
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Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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