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Did you know..? C and C++ Tips 5

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:20:53 +0000

In this episode of Did you know…? we take another look at some common coding mistakes. Undeclared Functions Extra Semicolons Undeclared Functions Many beginning programmers make the mistake of not declaring function. Take the following example: int main() { my_function(); } void my_function() { //some code } A compiler walks the program from the top [...]

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Did you know..? C and C++ Tips 4

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:13:33 +0000

In this episode of Did you know…? we look at some common coding mistakes. Undeclared Variables Uninitialized Variables Setting a variable to an uninitialized value Single equal sign to check equality Undeclared Variables Every programmer knows that you need to declare a variable before it is used, but many beginners forget to do this. Take [...]

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Did you know..? C Programming Language Tips 3

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:05:40 +0000

In this episode of “Did you know..?” we take another look at some C language tips. gets() function and strings Null terminating strings No break in switch statements == and strings gets() function and strings Don't use gets. gets() read a whole line of input into a string until a newline or EOF is encountered. [...]

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Did you know..? C Programming Language Tips 2

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:02:55 +0000

In this episode of “Did you know..?” we take another look at some C language tips. Character and string constants Prototypes Not initializing pointers Wrong loops Character and string constants The C language considers character and string constants as very different things. Character constants should be enclosed in single quotes. Mixing them up will result [...]

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Did you know..? C Programming Language Tips 1

admin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:52:35 +0000

In this episode of “Did you know..?” we look at some C language tips. scanf() wrong format for an operand Array size and starting index Wrong use: = instead of == scanf() forgetting the ampersand (&) scanf() wrong format for an operand C compilers do not check for format errors of arguments from a scanf() [...]

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