Solution for Exercise 6-8

ex0608

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int shadrach, meshach, abednego;

    shadrach = 701;
    meshach = 709;
    abednego = 719;
    printf("Shadrach is %d\nMeshach is %d\nAbednego is %d\n",shadrach,meshach,abednego);
    return(0);
}

Notes

* Above you see the same code as shown in the book, although I didn't wrap the text.

* Here is the same code, with the \ character used to split the long printf() statement:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int shadrach, meshach, abednego;

    shadrach = 701;
    meshach = 709;
    abednego = 719;
    printf("Shadrach is %d\nMeshach is %d\nAbednego is %d\n",\
        shadrach,meshach,abednego);
    return(0);
}

* The \ (backslash) and the blanks that begin Line 11 are ignored by the compiler. They exist outside of double quotes, so they're considered white space.

* You can also fashion the printf() statement like this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int shadrach, meshach, abednego;

    shadrach = 701;
    meshach = 709;
    abednego = 719;
    printf("Shadrach is %d\nMeshach is %d\nAbednego is %d\n",
        shadrach,
        meshach,
        abednego);
    return(0);
}

* The construction above doesn't need a backslash. Again, the new line and spaces after the comma (at Line 10) are ignored by the compiler; they're white space. I've also set each variable on a line by itself. For a complex printf() statement, such formatting is blessed relief — and quite readable.

* Remember to close the parentheses and end the printf() statement with a semicolon, especially when it's split across multiple lines.

* And, of course, you could have used three printf() functions on three statements to do the same thing. As is usually the case, you'll find multiple solutions to programming exercises in C.

Exercise ex0609 →