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Re: Searching online "indent"

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"Etienne" <e.e.f.prudhomme@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>   Correct me if I'm wrong, but  it needs something more than search &
> replace if you've  got no indentation of blocks. You'll  need at least
> regex  because it's  impossible  to say  if something  is  in a  block
> without conditions.
>
>   Search & replace could be good to change the indentation style, but
> it can't say if those lines:
>
>  |if(condition) {
>  |    char foo[] = "bar";
>  |    int  lenght = strlen(foo);
>  |    int  i;
>  |    for(i=0; i<length; i++) {
> ->|    instruction;
> ->|    instruction;
> ->|}
>  |}
>
> are inside a block.
>
>   By the way,  why someone would format their code  in only one line?

I personally love indent. I will run 'indent -kr -nut' and the file name for 
kandr style indentation. And the -nut switch removes all tabs. I tend to tab 
alot.

Bill

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Re: Searching online "indent" David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 10:01 -0700
  Re: Searching online "indent" Etienne <e.e.f.prudhomme@gmail.com> - 2015-06-04 14:22 -0400
    Re: Searching online "indent" "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-06-05 20:59 -0400
      Re: Searching online "indent" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-05 20:41 -0700

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