Thread: Can we have a new contest?

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    Can we have a new contest?

    Please?

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    Sure, come up with a way to get the size of a variable without the sizeof operator. The first person to do it gains the admiration of those who didn't do it first.

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    Deleted due to utter crappiness.

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    Last edited by golfinguy4; 06-30-2002 at 11:55 PM.

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    And did you test this at all? Once I fixed the syntax errors, all it does is loop infinitely. Here's a hint: The answer is simpler than you think (one-liner).

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    Dual-catfish: do you mean the easy contest?

    my entry:
    Code:
    int main() {
      int i=0;
      long x = 1; //change variable type to any other type
      while (x) {  x<<=1; i++; }
       printf("%d bits",i);
    }
    unfortuneately it doesn't do floating point types.

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    I mean either the easy or the hard, I really depends on what they end up being.

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    i could be persuaded to change the easy if no-one signs up. but the hard one is already locked in stone.

    i'll probably need to hold a poll and restart the easy contest under the new topic if there's a lack of contestants. the two runner-up entries are the bitwise calculator and the slot machine.

    who else agrees with this idea?
    Last edited by ygfperson; 07-01-2002 at 09:13 AM.

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    This is what I had in mind:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    #define SIZEOF(x) (char *)(&x + 1) - (char *)&x
    
    struct test
    {
      int a, b, c, d;
      float f;
    };
    
    int main ( void )
    {
      int i;
      char c;
      float f;
      double d;
      char *a = "This is a test";
      char b[] = "This is a test";
      struct test s;
    
      printf ( "int: %d\nchar: %d\nfloat: %d\ndouble: %d\n"
               "char *: %d\narray: %d\nstruct: %d\n\n",
               SIZEOF(i), SIZEOF(c), SIZEOF(f), SIZEOF(d),
               SIZEOF(a), SIZEOF(b), SIZEOF(s) );
      printf ( "int: %u\nchar: %u\nfloat: %u\ndouble: %u\n"
               "char *: %u\narray: %u\nstruct: %u\n\n",
               sizeof(i), sizeof(c), sizeof(f), sizeof(d),
               sizeof(a), sizeof(b), sizeof(s) );
    
      return 0;
    }
    >who else agrees with this idea?
    Well, if there are no entries, what else can you do?

    -Prelude
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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