Re: while loop condition doesn't work

From	Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: while loop condition doesn't work
Date	2017-01-20 15:47 +0000
Organization	Fix this later
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On 20/01/17 15:40, Alla _ wrote:
> On Friday, January 20, 2017 at 4:34:22 PM UTC+3, David Brown wrote:
<snip>
>> If your conditional takes more than one line to write,
>> or contains a mixture of && and ||, then it is not going to be obvious
>> what it does.		
>>
> Thank you very much. I don't see any difficulties with this type of
> analysis - it is pretty clear and very easy; these are very basic
> logic constructions.

The fact that you got it wrong suggests that it isn't as basic as you 
might think. That isn't intended to belittle you, though - it's just a 
warning to you (and to all of us) that complicated conditionals can 
easily bite, which is why a wise programmer keeps them as simple as 
possible.

-- 
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 01:24 -0800
  Re: while loop condition doesn't work mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2017-01-20 03:29 -0800
  Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-20 12:19 +0000
    Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 05:12 -0800
      Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-20 13:17 +0000
        Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 05:20 -0800
        Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-20 15:07 +0000
    Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 05:31 -0800
      Re: while loop condition doesn't work Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2017-01-20 15:23 +0100
      Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-20 15:16 +0000
        Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 07:45 -0800
          Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-20 16:06 +0000
            Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 08:37 -0800
            Re: while loop condition doesn't work David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-20 17:54 +0100
              Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-20 17:04 +0000
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-20 19:08 +0100
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-01-30 12:51 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-01-30 14:09 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-01-30 14:57 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-02-01 21:31 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-02-02 10:01 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-02-04 00:22 -0800
              Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-20 19:12 +0000
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-23 10:54 +0000
            Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 23:22 -0800
              Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-23 11:02 +0000
            Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 01:22 -0800
              Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-21 11:00 +0000
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 08:35 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-21 17:17 +0000
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-21 09:32 -0800
          Re: while loop condition doesn't work Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-01-20 19:16 +0000
            Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-23 11:03 +0000
    Re: while loop condition doesn't work David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-20 14:34 +0100
      Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 07:40 -0800
        Re: while loop condition doesn't work Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-01-20 15:47 +0000
          Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 08:26 -0800
            Re: while loop condition doesn't work David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-20 18:01 +0100
              Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 09:26 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-01-20 19:02 +0100
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2017-01-20 10:13 -0800
                Re: while loop condition doesn't work Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2017-01-21 05:36 -0800

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