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From: rampson@nbires.nbi.com (Michael Rampson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Correction, a[33]
Message-ID: <400@nbires.nbi.com>
Date: 26 May 89 18:42:13 GMT
References: <5819@microsoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: rampson@nbires.UUCP (Michael Rampson)
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Organization: NBI Inc, Boulder CO
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In article <5819@microsoft.UUCP> t-iaind@microsoft.UUCP (Iain Davidson) writes:
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>Something that went un-noticed in a few messages:
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>char a[33]
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>is not an array of 33*sizeof (int)  but really 34 slots !!!!!

Me thinx not.  Whatsa slot (sizeof(slot) = ?) and shouldn't there 
be 33 of them?

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>Remember C is start base 0 not 1.

Atleast this is right.

>0..33 = 34 slots of int's.

a[33] holds 33 char's whose indices range from 0..32.

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>char a[9]  holds 10 characters !!!!

Does not! It holds 9 characters !!!!

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>(mistake me if I'm wrong, as i'm sure you will....  via flame-mail  :)

You were right (about this anyway ;-)!

>  My employer and fellow employees will (have, has) disclaim anything I say
>past, future, or present......  so there !!!!....  :)

I'm sure usoft will... ;-)

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Michael T. Rampson	rampson@nbires || nbires\!rampson
NBI, Inc.
Boulder, Co.
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