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Is space a character ?
No. Also, in addition to whitespace, tabs, linefeeds, newlines, etc. are generally considered 'space'.
Code:int main(void){srand(time(0));for(double l=rand(),l0=0,l00=0;;l0+=0.1){for(double l000=0;l000 <1;l000+=.001,l+=((double)rand()/RAND_MAX)/0x64,l00+=((sin(l*0x8*atan(l0)*l000-(l0*0x8*atan (l)))*0.5)+0.5)){l00-=floor(l00);for(size_t l0000=0,l00000=(size_t)(0x50*(l00));l0000<l00000;++l0000 )putchar(0x20);putchar(0x61+(int)((double)rand()/RAND_MAX*0x1a));putchar('\n');}}return 0;}
Yes, a space literal (' ') is a character, or perhaps more precisely, a char literal.
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Are the answers different?
No, Laserlight is correct. It's early, and for some reason I was thinking 'alphanumeric character'.
Code:int main(void){srand(time(0));for(double l=rand(),l0=0,l00=0;;l0+=0.1){for(double l000=0;l000 <1;l000+=.001,l+=((double)rand()/RAND_MAX)/0x64,l00+=((sin(l*0x8*atan(l0)*l000-(l0*0x8*atan (l)))*0.5)+0.5)){l00-=floor(l00);for(size_t l0000=0,l00000=(size_t)(0x50*(l00));l0000<l00000;++l0000 )putchar(0x20);putchar(0x61+(int)((double)rand()/RAND_MAX*0x1a));putchar('\n');}}return 0;}
Yes, they are two different answers. Yes, space is a character. But depending on the circumstances, it may be "ignored" by functions and applications. Other times it is very much "used" or "meaningful".
As a part of the ascii character set, space is definitely a character, with the value 0x20 (32 decimal). Other character sets may use other values.
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So, space is a character
There certainly is a character in the character set that corresponds to space, yes. There are other "blank" characters, such as tab, newline, vertical tab, carriage return and possibly others.Originally Posted by freddyvorhees
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Nice. Thanks
For that matter, Unicode defines about 10 different space characters - space, n-width space, m-width space, zero-width non-joiner, non-breaking space, and more.
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