Thread: Can any one write a simple C Program 4 this??

My Linux box is less impressed with your code.

Well, it seems like you are trying to make us believe you have done something REALLY impressive, when all you've done is write a simple DOS based program to write a single character to the screen. As I stated before, I did the same and much more in assembler in 1985, for both colour and monochrome display adapters [no, I'm not saying it's harder in assembler - just that I know what you're doing, and how your code works], 22 years ago. Judging from your writing style, that's probably 5-10 years before you were born.

The code is definitely not able to "Run on any computer" - it ONLY works in 16-bit DOS or any other 16-bit PC environment. It definitely won't work on a Sparc-based SUN [without running it in a software based emulator], or in Windows on Alpha or Itanium [again, without using some sort of emulation code]. It also won't work in Linux, unless you load up the DOS emulator.

So it seems like you believe this will run on any machine, but it definitely can't.

So, I'm still curious as to if you actually understand what you are doing.
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Mats

Originally Posted by sriki

Do u hav win vista try it out,it works,works,works,worksworks

Does it work if you compile it with gcc, Visual Studio, Pelles C, DMC, or any other compiler produced in the last 5 years?

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Mats

Hey man impressing if u wanna test my skill just write a program like dis

I took your comment & blank line remover and tidiet it up, so that comments in strings aren't stripped [as they may be important].

I also removed all the "Turbo C" stuff that is completely unnecessary - so now it will compile on most compilers with no problems.

It also uses more safe fgets() instead of gets(). It's not completely safe against errors - if you enter a long string for input file, it will probably crash badly.

Code:

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

int main()
{
  FILE *inFile,*outFile;
  char fname[20];
  int ch;
  int quote = 0;
  int done = 0;
  int nlCount = 0;
  int inString = 0;
  int inComment = 0;
    
  printf("Enter the file name (.C or .TXT)\n");
  fgets(fname,sizeof(fname), stdin);
  *strchr(fname, '\n') = 0;
  inFile=fopen(fname,"r");
  if(inFile==NULL)
    {
      puts("Cannot open the source file!!!");
      exit(1);
    }

  outFile= fopen("target.c","w");
  if(outFile==NULL)
    {
      puts("Cannot create target file!!!");
      exit(1);
    }
  while(!done)
    {
      ch=fgetc(inFile);
      switch(ch) {
      case EOF:
	done = 1;
	continue;
      case '\n':
	if (nlCount)
	  continue;
	nlCount ++;
	break;
      case '/':
	if (inString || inComment) 
	  break;
	if ((ch = fgetc(inFile)) == '*') 
	  inComment = 1;
	else 
	  ungetc(ch, stdin);
	break;
      case '*':
	if (!inComment) 
	  break;
	if ((ch = fgetc(inFile)) == '/') 
	  {
	    inComment = 0;
	    continue;
	  }
	else 
	  ungetc(ch, stdin);
	break;
      case '"':
      case '\'':
	if (!inString) {
	  quote = ch;
	  inString = 1;
	} else {
	  if (quote == ch) 
	    inString = 0;
	}
	break;
      case '\\':
        if (!inComment) 
	  fputc(ch, outFile);
	ch = fgetc(inFile);
	
      default:
	break;
      }
      if (!inComment) {
	if (ch != '\n') 
	  nlCount = 0;
	fputc(ch, outFile);
      }
    }
  puts("DONE!! OP FILE IS \"TARGET.C\"\n");
  fclose(inFile);
  fclose(outFile);
  return 0;
}

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Mats

Originally Posted by citizen

You don't need to make XP genuine. Simply don't buy your operating system from Russia. The dollar is so weak these days I am sure you could afford it. By the way, your link is dead.

Stop trying to show off too. Everything you've showed us is really just duff code.

Maybe the link is dead because sriki is not self-hosting, thus MS (or their lawyers) contact the hosting company and quietly requests that it should not be allowed...

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Mats

And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

Luke 6:39

I think this is appropriate.

Originally Posted by MacGyver

I think this is appropriate.

Actually, I think the one you're looking for is something along the lines of "When arguing with a fool, others may not be able to tell who's the fool".

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Mats

Originally Posted by matsp

Actually, I think the one you're looking for is something along the lines of "When arguing with a fool, others may not be able to tell who's the fool".

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Mats

I think I missed that one.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

~ Proverbs 26:4-5

Are you thinking of the first verse?

That's probably the proverb(s) that I paraphrased, yes. And don't you think that's more suitable?

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Mats

Perhaps, but I think we've been more than respectful to him.

At the end of the day, the real issue is the poor newbies that don't know better and think his website is going to teach them to be 1337 h4x0rz that will be able to tear it up with their uber 1337 skillz.