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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile |
| Date | 2015-08-30 16:10 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnlhcstltc.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>>> Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>>> As to arrays, I am using an array because this
>>>> exercise is part of the chapter on arrays.
>>>
>>> Ah. Then I suspect you are doing it wrong. Using an array in a
>>> pointless way is unlikely to be what the exercise wants.
>>
>> I disagree. I think the exercise (to compute the average of three
>> floating-point values using an array) has two parts: to read values
>> into an array, and to compute the average of the values in an array.
>> Both are sensible things to do. The fact that the combination
>> is more easily done without using an array would be relevant in a
>> real-world program, but not in an introductory exercise.
>
> It looks like we agree but you say that you disagree so I must have made
> my point badly. Assigning to an array element which is then ignored is
> "doing it wrong" and "unlikely to be what the exercise wants". What you
> describe is what the exercise probably wants.
You're right, we agree.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 04:39 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-08-21 07:54 -0400
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 05:27 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-21 10:28 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 11:15 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 05:30 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2015-08-21 12:40 +0000
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 11:16 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-21 07:41 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-08-21 10:56 -0400
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-08-21 09:28 -0600
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-21 10:02 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 11:21 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-21 22:27 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 02:25 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 03:50 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-22 13:18 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 11:21 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-22 21:55 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 01:36 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-26 11:24 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-22 17:17 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 01:26 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-26 02:27 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 04:21 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-26 12:37 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-08-26 13:06 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-26 13:43 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-26 14:03 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-08-26 14:06 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-09-06 15:14 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-26 11:38 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-26 11:44 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-08-22 10:49 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 11:16 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-29 07:19 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-29 15:35 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 02:11 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-30 12:28 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-30 15:02 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-08-30 22:36 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-30 16:10 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-31 00:14 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-08-30 19:56 -0700
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-29 16:57 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-08-29 17:37 +0100
Re: Initializing sum to zero wouldn't compile Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-08-30 02:14 -0700
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