Re: Two dimensional array Question

Richard Heathfield wrote:
> [sigh]
> 
> Richard Heathfield said:
> 
>> mdh said:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Although once admonished for writing code to figure things out, a weak
>>> attempt follows.
>> Writing code "to figure things out" is a two-edged sword. It can
>> certainly be helpful for discovering how things *appear* to work, but
it
>> is a poor guide for discovering how things *must* work. For example,
the
>> way a for-loop works is well-defined, so if we've forgotten whether the
>> increment step (it isn't necessarily an increment, but let's keep
things
>> simple) of a for-loop is always executed at least once, we can write a
>> quick program to find out:
>>
>> #include <stdio.h>
>>
>> int main(void)
>> {
>>   int i;
>>   int j = 0;
>>   for(i = 0; i < j; i++)
>>   {
>>     printf("i is now %d\n");
> 
> Spot both...

printf("i is now 0\n");

> 
>>   }
>>   printf("Outside the loop, i is now %d\n");
> 
> ...mistakes.  :-(

printf("Outside the loop, i is now 0\n");

>>   return 0;
>> }
>>
>> and this is perfectly okay
> 
> ...after fixing!
> 


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pete