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Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help?

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Keith Thompson wrote:
) Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:
)> Well, sure, but by that definition his assignment really is impossible,
)> since it calls for him to get input from stdin.

I just reread the OP.
It calls for him to get input from 'the standard input stream'.

) I think we can assume that he's allowed to call fgetc(), or fgets(),
) or something similar.

No, he's not allowed to do that.
According to the assignment, he has to use getchar().


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I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Jack <spamtrap@trashcan.invalid> - 2011-08-30 21:01 +0000
  Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-08-31 09:18 +1200
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            Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-31 08:56 -0700
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                Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-31 09:20 -0700
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                Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-09-06 01:20 -0400
      Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-08-30 16:37 -0700
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        Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-01 08:51 -0700
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    Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-09-02 10:43 +0100
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    Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-09-01 15:12 -0400
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      Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2011-09-01 14:53 -0600
        Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-01 16:01 -0700
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                Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-02 08:05 -0700
                Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-02 08:17 -0700
                Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-09-02 15:18 +0000
                Re: I think this is an impossible assignment...could you help? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-02 08:42 -0700
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