how does this for statement work??

[bos1234]

this is only part of a code. When the for loop executes the first time, it asks
Do you want to enter the detials of a horse

But when it executes a 2nd and 3rd time etc it says
Do you want to enter the details of ANOTHER horse?

for (hcount=0;hcount<50;hcount++)
		{
			printf("\nDo you want to enter details of a%s horse (Y or N)?",hcount?"nother ":"");
}

[grumpy]

The expression

hcount? "nother" : ""

gives the result "nother" if hcount is non-zero, and "" if hcount is zero.

The %s in the format string tells printf() to output the string (since that is the first argument following the format string).

[Adak]

That's from Ivor Horton's Book!

This part

hcount?"nother ":""

at the end of the printf() line of code, is an if statement. If horsecount (hcount) is TRUE (non-zero), then %s which is after the a in the print string, becomes "nother", otherwise, nother is set to "" (the empty string).

So you see a"nother", (but without the quotation marks), after the first horse details, are entered.

He does that a few different ways in the book.

[bos1234]

That's from Ivor Horton's Book!

This part

hcount?"nother ":""

at the end of the printf() line of code, is an if statement. If horsecount (hcount) is TRUE (non-zero), then %s which is after the a in the print string, becomes "nother", otherwise, nother is set to "" (the empty string).

So you see a"nother", (but without the quotation marks), after the first horse details, are entered.

He does that a few different ways in the book.

ok thanks for the replies! LOL yeah its from his book. I borrowed it due to someones recommendation from this website.. maybe it was you

very good book might i add!