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authorAdam <adam@adambard.com>2014-09-11 16:17:21 +0200
committerAdam <adam@adambard.com>2014-09-11 16:17:21 +0200
commita7c89acfcf2eb1cd5e172b8f3d5fabccabcd2003 (patch)
tree65257f3b763b9dddde6d3ecc264d06b06cc4cc74 /c.html.markdown
parent3addfcf7148c8da62c3523de7fff7ea55d31084a (diff)
parent6c0018c4b7457e0bf9873627af366b349b194637 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs
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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