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From: wietse@wzv.UUCP (Wietse Z. Venema)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: printf() problem
Keywords: C printf
Message-ID: <288@wzv.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 89 09:11:29 GMT
References: <11657@hodge.UUCP>
Reply-To: wietse@wzv.UUCP (Wietse Z. Venema)
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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In article <11657@hodge.UUCP> jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm) writes:
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>        printf("%x %x %x %x\n", getc(fp), getc(fp), getc(fp), getc(fp));

The order of evaluation of the printf argument is not defined. Some compilers
evaluate right to left, as you seem to experience.
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