On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 04:37:08PM +0200, Edward Bartolo wrote:
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>
> On page Page 34 Exercise 1-9
> "Write a program to copy its input to its output, replacing each
> string of blanks one ore more blanks by a single blank."
>
> I wrote the following, tested it, and it seems to work, but I think it is
> too complicated. Any suggestions?
>
> --------------------------
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> int c, d = 0;
> while ((c = getchar()) != EOF) {
> if (c != ' ') {
> d = 0;
> putchar(c);
> }
> if (c == ' ' && d == 0) {
> putchar(c);
> d = 1;
> }
> }
>
> return 0;
> }
> ----------------------------
It looks plain and correct to me :) An equivalent version which avoids
the chain of ifs might read:
------
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[]){
int c,d=0;
while((c=getchar()) != EOF){
putchar(c);
while(c == ' ' && (c=getchar()) != EOF ){
d=1;
}
if (d){
putchar(c);
}
d=0;
}
}
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which can be further streched into:
-----
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[]){
int c,d=0;
while((c=getchar()) != EOF){
c=putchar(c);
while(c == ' ' && (c=getchar()) != EOF && (d=1));
if (d && putchar(c) && (d=0));
}
}
-----
But, admittedly, sacrifying quite a lot in terms of readability
without a reason.
WD
KatolaZ
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