Here is an issue that crops up often in programming, specifically when outputting data in a series: How do you separate items in the series and not make the last item look dorky? It’s tricky.
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The final value, 10, isn’t followed by a comma. This arrangement is how data is how humans (well, English-reading humans) read such a series. Commas separate the items. The final item lacks a comma and is instead followed by a period and a newline or just the newline (above).<\/p>\n Alternatively, you can eschew the commas and just follow each value with a space:<\/p>\n The problem here is that the final value is also followed by a space, plus you must add in the newline.<\/p>\n A trick I use is to prefix the values with a space, which kinda solves the problem but not entirely:<\/p>\n Therefore, a better and more rational solution should be available, which is the topic for this month’s Exercise.<\/p>\n Your challenge is to write a loop that outputs values 1 through 10. After the first nine values are output, add a comma and a space. The tenth value (10) is output followed by a newline.<\/p>\n This exercise may not seem very deep as far as C challenges go, but it does present multiple solutions. I found two. How many can you come up with?<\/p>\n Here’s a code skeleton to get you started:<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to view my solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The problem is when to separate and when to terminate? Continue reading 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10<\/code><\/p>\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <\/code><\/p>\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<\/code><\/p>\n2025_05_01-Lesson.c<\/a><\/h3>\n
\r\n#include <stdio.h>\r\n\r\nint main()\r\n{\r\n int x;\r\n\r\n for( x=1; x<11; x++ )\r\n {\r\n printf(\"%d, \",x);\r\n }\r\n\r\n return 0;\r\n}<\/pre>\n