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| From | Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) |
| Date | 2012-12-15 15:34 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kaiqac$1av$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
>
>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>> (snip)
>>
>>> How odd. What's the point of have both i and i2? If either gets
>>> altered in the "some code" part then there is an argument for not
>>> re-writing it as a "for" loop. Generally, readers will expect the
>>> variables mentioned in a "for" loops to be left alone in the body. This
>>> is not rule of the language but it's a good rule of thumb.
>>
>> I have used "for" loops where I needed "continue" to restart
>> the loop without incrementing the index.
>>
>> Otherwise, I agree.
>
> So when you want that behaviour you'd write:
>
> for (<initialise>; <condition>;) {
> <code that uses continue>
> <increment>
> }
>
> rather than
>
> <initialise>
> while (<condition>) {
> <code that uses continue>
> <increment>
> }
>
> ? I don't think I would (and I could make hand-waving arguments about
> why I wouldn't) but it's really just a matter to taste.
>
As soon as you need a break or continue in the for loop, my
heuristic is to go with a while. But I'm not always consistent
about it...
--
Les Cargill
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comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Test <test@.nil.invalid.com> - 2012-12-15 15:47 +0200
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-15 14:05 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-15 20:26 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-15 20:47 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-12-15 15:34 -0600
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-16 03:23 -0800
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-15 16:37 -0500
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-15 22:10 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Shao Miller <sha0.miller@gmail.com> - 2012-12-15 17:32 -0500
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-15 15:43 -0800
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Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-17 01:15 -0800
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Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-12-17 16:07 -0500
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Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-17 00:55 -0800
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-17 15:08 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-20 10:40 -0800
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-15 22:09 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-12-15 06:11 -0800
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-12-15 13:26 -0600
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-15 09:24 -0500
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Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-12-16 08:46 -0500
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-16 14:29 -0800
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-12-16 10:30 -0500
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-12-17 12:42 +0200
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Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-12-17 19:31 -0500
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-12-18 01:32 +0000
Re: comma in a c statement, ie for(i=0,i2=0;i<10;i++,i2) pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-12-17 20:53 -0500
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