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Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ??

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ??
Date 2016-12-11 21:32 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 9:33:51 PM UTC+1, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> writes:
>> <snip>
>> > Here it is a solution.
>> >
>> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>> > {
>> >   int check = checkInputArguments(argv, argc);
>> >   if(check != 0)
>> >     return 1;
>> >   return 0;
>> > }
<snip> 
>> If I told you that you would fail the exam if you declare a variable in
>> main, could you come up with another way to write this?

> Yes.
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>   if(checkInputArguments(argv, argc) != 0) 
>     return 1;
>   return 0;
> }

Yes!  An what if I said you've fail if main had more than one return
statement?  (Don't worry if you can't see a way yet -- I'm just pushing
you for the sake of pushing.)

-- 
Ben.

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[command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 07:56 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 16:47 +0000
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 09:16 -0800
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 09:26 -0800
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 19:05 +0000
          Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:15 -0800
            Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:53 -0800
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:03 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 12:26 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 12:33 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:33 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 12:35 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-11 16:06 -0500
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:11 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:20 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:25 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 21:32 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:44 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:47 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 21:56 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:04 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-11 23:07 +0100
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:15 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-11 23:32 +0100
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 14:42 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:52 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:40 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 14:55 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-11 19:44 -0500
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-11 23:20 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 15:28 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 16:28 -0800
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 18:57 +0000
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-11 10:04 -0800
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:25 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-11 18:29 +0000
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:25 -0800
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:30 +0000
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-11 23:43 +0000
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-11 19:02 -0500
          Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-11 19:13 -0500
            Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 00:55 +0000
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 01:02 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 19:02 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 11:50 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 13:46 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 14:43 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 22:09 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-12 08:58 -0800
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-11 20:06 -0500
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 17:37 -0800
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 18:59 -0800
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 02:47 +0000
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 15:11 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:25 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:27 -0800
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-12 01:01 -0800
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 09:42 -0800
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-12 13:58 -0500
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-12 14:18 -0800

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