Thread: C or C++ code

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    Used Registerer jdinger's Avatar
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    C or C++ code

    I posted this code on another forum and was blasted because it is supposedly not C, but C++. Can someone please show me wherein this code is not legitimate C code? I dont' see it.

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
     
    int main(unsigned char *argv[], int argc)
    {
      //declare two integers and load them with unique values
      int x = 5;
      int y = 3;
      
      //report the pre-algorithm values to the user
      printf("before:\n");
      printf("x = %d\n", x);  
      printf("y = %d\n", y);
      
      //the 1st variable now holds the sum of both integers (x = 5 + 3 or x = 8)
      x = x + y;
    
      //the 2nd variable now holds the result of subtracting its original value from the sum
      //(y = 8 - 3 or y = 5)
      y = x - y;
      
       //the 1st variable now holds the result of subtracting its 2nd variable from the sum 
      //(x = 8 - 5 or x = 3) 
      x = x - y; 
    
     
     //report the post-algorithm values to the user
      printf("after:\n");  
      printf("x = %d\n", x);  
      printf("y = %d\n", y);
    
    }
    Thanks in advance.

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    It's C99, except the parameters of main are the wrong way around. It should be one of:
    Code:
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    int main(void)
    It would be valid C89 (more common) if:

    (a) you removed the C99/C++ style // comments, or replaced them with /* */ comments.
    (b) you added an explicit return 0; on the end of the main function.

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