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Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop

From Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop
Date 2015-10-11 14:40 +1300
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Malcolm McLean wrote:
> On Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 10:21:51 PM UTC+1, Ian Collins wrote:
>>
>> A small point of style:  you are using C99, so you can save clutter by
>> restricting the loop counter scope to the loop:
>>
>>         for (int i = 0; string[i] != '\0'; i++)
>>
> I find I use the final value of the index counter frequently enough
> to mean i doesn't have enough scope, and it's better if all
> the loops look the same.

As others have said, because there are cases where the counter is used 
later and cases where it is not is ample reason for the two forms not to 
look the same.  This example wasn't using i anywhere other than in the loop.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 10:28 -0700
  Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Stephen Fisher <sfisher@panix.com> - 2015-10-10 18:53 +0000
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-10 22:23 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-10 23:13 +0200
    Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-10 22:04 +0100
      Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-10 14:12 -0700
        Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-10 22:30 +0100
      Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-10 18:25 -0400
      Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-11 15:02 +0100
        Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-11 16:39 +0100
        Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-11 17:50 +0200
        Re: Operating Systems in Teaching "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-11 11:29 -0500
          Re: Operating Systems in Teaching "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-11 11:48 -0500
          Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-11 18:18 +0100
            Re: Operating Systems in Teaching "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-11 12:46 -0500
              Re: Operating Systems in Teaching Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-10-11 13:57 -0400
  Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-11 10:21 +1300
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-10 14:55 -0700
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 00:35 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 00:01 +0100
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-10 16:21 -0700
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 01:24 +0100
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-10 17:56 -0700
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 03:17 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a   for loop Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-11 14:43 +1300
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 00:19 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 11:02 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 03:47 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 16:05 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 17:38 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 18:49 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 12:37 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 21:56 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 13:34 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-12 10:11 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-11 12:59 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 19:15 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 12:48 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 03:59 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 13:30 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 14:19 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 14:48 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-11 12:20 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 13:49 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 13:55 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 02:40 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-11 14:40 +1300
  Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-10 22:29 +0100
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 00:22 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 00:57 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 00:46 +0100
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 02:23 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 01:28 +0100
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 04:21 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 04:32 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-11 11:06 +0100
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-11 02:55 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-15 10:36 -0700
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-15 14:37 -0700
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-11 10:15 +0000
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-12 10:37 +0200
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-12 11:08 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-14 16:27 +0200
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tonton Th <tTh@nowhere.invalid> - 2015-10-14 14:28 +0000
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-14 16:36 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-14 16:40 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-14 16:49 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-15 14:09 -0700
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-16 12:49 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-19 14:28 -0700
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-20 02:03 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a   for loop Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-20 13:13 +1300
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-19 20:07 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-20 14:30 +0200
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-20 15:08 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-24 12:18 -0700
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-20 03:03 +0200
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-24 12:21 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-25 15:16 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-27 22:29 -0700
  Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-11 10:26 +0000
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-11 14:09 -0700
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-14 11:36 +0000
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-14 10:23 -0700
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-20 16:06 +0000
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-12 00:19 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-11 17:53 -0700
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-12 04:15 +0200
  Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 08:44 -0700
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-14 07:27 +0200
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-14 08:53 +0200
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-14 11:13 +0100
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-14 12:35 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-14 13:08 +0100
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-14 18:11 +0200
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-16 04:58 -0700
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-16 15:07 +0200
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-16 23:50 +0200
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-17 00:06 +0200
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-16 15:30 -0700
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-19 13:45 -0700
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-20 02:40 +0200
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-24 12:47 -0700
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-25 15:36 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-27 22:37 -0700
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-25 15:52 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-25 19:10 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-25 19:17 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-27 23:05 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-28 03:59 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-29 14:04 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-29 01:07 +0100
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-30 08:31 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-27 22:48 -0700
          Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-10-20 08:55 +0000
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop regis <regis.barbanchon@free.fr> - 2015-10-20 13:52 +0200
            Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-24 14:04 -0700
              Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-10-25 06:44 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-10-25 09:09 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-10-25 10:12 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-10-25 03:26 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-10-25 06:38 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-25 15:23 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-25 10:54 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-25 12:21 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-10-25 14:16 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-10-25 14:52 -0700
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-10-26 00:58 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-10-26 11:50 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 15:17 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-11-10 19:27 -0600
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-11 07:39 +0000
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-11-11 08:22 -0600
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-11 00:37 -0600
                Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-10-28 08:52 -0700
  Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-10-18 12:31 -0700
    Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-10-18 15:28 -0700
      Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-19 11:40 +1300
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-10-18 20:41 -0700
        Re: Program to count words, issues with an if condition within a for loop asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-10-18 20:44 -0700

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