Re: I need help

From	Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: I need help
Date	2011-05-14 10:59 -0700
Organization	None to speak of
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Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> writes:
> On 5/14/2011 9:02 AM, janus wrote:
>> Thanks you all.
>>
>> However, I have additional question ..
>>
>> Is this acceptable?
>> char string[] = "Simulated Annealing = 857747716";
>> char astring[] = "Karmarkar   625874153";
>>
>> char * value = strchr(astring ,'=');
>> char * avalue;
>>
>> if(value != NULL){
>
>      Since `value' will be NULL, this part is not executed.

That's true for this program, but this is probably an early
draft of a program that will later get its input from elsewhere.
Checking whether strchr() actually found the character you're
looking for is a good habit.

[snip]

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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Re: I need help janus <emekamicro@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 06:02 -0700
  Re: I need help pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-14 10:01 -0400
  Re: I need help Columbus sailed the ocean China Blue <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2011-05-14 07:03 -0700
  Re: I need help Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-14 10:19 -0400
    Re: I need help Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-14 10:59 -0700

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