Thread: without using ';'

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
   if (printf("Hello, World\n")) {}
}

However, the above code is incorrect in that it doesn't return a value which it should.

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Mats

Originally Posted by arul

thank u mats;any usefull without using ';'?

Why? Semicolon is part of the language, you "have to" use it. We can contrive examples that show that you can write something fairly complicated without the semicolon, but it's still going to be contrived. You can probably write a long book without using the letter q, but it would be hard work, and only useful in the sense that you can write a long book without using the letter q.

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Mats

usefull? you mean without using "if"?

> However, the above code is incorrect in that it doesn't return a value which it should.

Except under C99.

Here's C89:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void func(void)
{
    if (printf("Something")) {}
}

int main()
{
    if(atexit(func)) {}
    if(exit(EXIT_SUCCESS)) {}
}

edit: nevermind, exit returns void.

^ things tend to change with the time..

Originally Posted by cpjust

Are you trying to write code without semicolons because your semicolon key broken or something?

That was my original comment in post #4, but I deleted it before I event submitted the reply - it's just pointless.

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Mats