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Wiktionary corrected... 33 19 (12/7/2005 12:38:54 PM) comp.programming A Wiktionary admin has removed the entry for Nilgewater in view of the fact that a small minority of losers here use it only, and/or my complaint which was posted as an emendation to the site. Moral: you have ... spinoza1111 (3250)

date - date gives surprise result 8 31 (12/7/2005 11:19:16 PM) comp.lang.clipper Part of a Clipper 5.2e program is giving an unexpected result. I am comparing two dates: atfr[28] holds, in UK format 6 November 2005 or 06/11/2005 dfirstday holds 01/11/2005 ? atfr[28] - dfirsday should pr... Alan

C, really portable? 131 50 (12/9/2005 9:48:35 AM) comp.lang.c Is C really portable? And, apologies, but this is possibly a little OT? In c.l.c we often see 'not portable' comments, but I wonder just how portable C apps really are. I don't write portable C code - *... usenetmeister (427)

Proper way to input a dynamically-allocated string 48 21 (12/9/2005 12:25:17 PM) comp.lang.c I know it must sound like a newbie question, but I never really had to bother with that before, and I didn't even find an answer in the c.l.c FAQ I'd like to know what's the really proper way for input a strin... Michel0528 (473)

string to int 8 42 (12/10/2005 10:34:04 AM) comp.lang.c Hi to all, Is there any way to convert string to integer.string will contain only integers.I am using turbo c++ example : "321" to 321 ... srishankar18 (16)

The Helsinki Code 112 35 (12/12/2005 3:27:42 AM) comp.programming In 1974, Gustav Larsson, a young programmer from Helsinki, Finland, stumbled upon an amazing discovery. While working with a PDP-8 mainframe computer, Gustav suddenly because bored. He decided to attempt to com... dunric (343)

free memory 12 29 (12/14/2005 9:31:37 AM) comp.lang.c Hello, I am a beginner in C, and I would like to know if it is absolutely necessary to free the memory after a malloc statement? What happens if I don't free the memory? thanks a lot, Marcelo ... mache_19991 (33)

return value of fgets() 6 23 (12/16/2005 2:47:22 AM) comp.lang.c Hello, All! I met a source code where while ( fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp ) != (char*) 0 ) What's the special reason to compare result with 0 (casting to char pointer) rather than simply with NULL? With bes... mrv (331)

fgets() and extra characters... 11 38 (12/6/2005 12:21:00 PM) comp.lang.c Hi, A book that I'm currently using notes that the fgets() function does not return until Return is pressed or an EOF or other error is encountered. It then at most (in the absence of EOF/error), returns n-1 ... santosh.k83 (3969)

Replacing a word in a string 28 25 (12/6/2005 8:41:04 PM) comp.lang.c Hi guys! I like C because is fun. So, I wrote this function for the lcc-win32 standard library: strrepl. I thought that with so many "C heads" around, maybe we could improve it in a collective brainstorming ... jacob (2538)