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author | Levi Bostian <levi.bostian@gmail.com> | 2014-09-05 20:47:18 -0500 |
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committer | Levi Bostian <levi.bostian@gmail.com> | 2014-09-05 20:47:18 -0500 |
commit | cd7ed4f9f9590f82acf953bba8d6032e1f62fa0c (patch) | |
tree | 71ef216c200590d1627a514d5ee0c42b178d1ee0 | |
parent | fc84512fa651d89b0e6acbd248e0b078706e7268 (diff) |
Couple changes to C to close https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs/pull/594
-rw-r--r-- | c.html.markdown | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/c.html.markdown b/c.html.markdown index 79b7aec7..cbb6d289 100644 --- a/c.html.markdown +++ b/c.html.markdown @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ filename: learnc.c contributors: - ["Adam Bard", "http://adambard.com/"] - ["Árpád Goretity", "http://twitter.com/H2CO3_iOS"] + - ["Jakub Trzebiatowski", "http://cbs.stgn.pl"] --- @@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ int main() { i2 * i1; // => 2 i1 / i2; // => 0 (0.5, but truncated towards 0) + // You need to cast at least one integer to float to get a floating-point result + (float)i1 / i2 // => 0.5f + i1 / (double)i2 // => 0.5 // Same with double f1 / f2; // => 0.5, plus or minus epsilon // Floating-point numbers and calculations are not exact @@ -194,9 +198,11 @@ int main() { 2 >= 2; // => 1 // C is not Python - comparisons don't chain. - // WRONG: - //int between_0_and_2 = 0 < a < 2; - // Correct: + // Warning: The line below will compile, but it means `(0 < a) < 2`. + // This expression is always true, because (0 < a) could be either 1 or 0. + // In this case it's 1, because (0 < 1). + int between_0_and_2 = 0 < a < 2; + // Instead use: int between_0_and_2 = 0 < a && a < 2; // Logic works on ints |