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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Subject: Re: Line read from csv file with fgets has two characters before the terminating one
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 15/12/2016 12:50, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> If you don't have it, here's a primitive hex dump program that you could
>> use. It doesn't show character interpretations of the hex values (adding
>> them is a simple exercise),
>
> Here's a slightly better version:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <stdint.h>
>
> int main (int nparams, char** params) {
[snip]

I'll restrict myself to just one question.

Why did you decide to call the parameters to main "nparams" and
"params", rather than the universally conventional "argc" and "argv"?

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