Thread: Calculating the Range

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    Un Artiste Extraordinaire volk's Avatar
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    Question Calculating the Range

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    static void range ( int low, int high, FILE *out )
    {
      while ( low <= high ) {
        fprintf ( out, "%d ", low++ );
        fflush ( out );
      }
    }
    
    int main ( void )
    {
      int low, high;
    
      printf ( "Enter a range of numbers (ex. 3-12): " );
      fflush ( stdout );
    
      if ( scanf ( "%d %*c %d", &low, &high ) != 2 ) {
        fprintf ( stderr, "Invalid input\n" );
        exit ( EXIT_FAILURE );
      }
    
      range ( low, high, stdout );
    
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    Isn't there a much easier way to calculate the range of numbers?

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    Code:
    for(int i=low;i<=high;i++) fprintf( out, "%d ",i);
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    >Isn't there a much easier way to calculate the range of numbers?
    It depends on what you mean by calculate the range. If you only want to print from low to high then that code (which looks like my style ) is as simple as you can get while maintaining some semblance of generality and safety. Of course, you could simplify the concepts to bare bones:
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main ( void )
    {
      int low, high;
      
      printf ( "Enter two numbers numbers (ex. low high): " );
      scanf ( "%d %d", &low, &high );
      
      while ( low <= high )
        printf ( "%d ", low++ );
      
      return 0;
    }
    But this is terribly unsafe and the output will likely be different on different systems.

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    Yeah, that is your code, Prelude. Exactly what is your style? You seemed to recognize it pretty quick.

    Oh, and where is everyone getting those "I was born" avatars?

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    >Exactly what is your style? You seemed to recognize it pretty quick.
    I use an unusually large amount of whitespace between tokens and logical blocks for readability. No one else I've seen does this to the same extent with the K&R bracing style.

    >Oh, and where is everyone getting those "I was born" avatars?
    I don't know about everyone, but I had it floating around on my hard drive. I can't recall where I found it originally.

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