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From: mat@mole-end.UUCP (Mark A Terribile)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Another silly question
Summary: minor correction on a[i]
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Date: 29 Apr 89 07:00:07 GMT
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> > 	*(a + i)	and	a[i]
> > are equivalent, given an array a, and int index i ...  [ ARE THEY?? ]
 
> Oy vey!  Of course ... that is how subscripting is *defined* in C. ...

> K&R state quite literally that the two expressions are identical, and [that]
> 	a[ i ]     is the same as    i[ i ]

Of course, that should read

  	a[ i ]     is the same as    i[ a ]

Pardon my gaffe!

Is this group c.beginners ?
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From mole-end				Mark Terribile