Comparing strings...

[Mark A Terribile]

> > int strcmp(char *s,char *t)
> > {
> > 	for (; *s && *s == *t; s++,t++);
> > 	return *s-*t;
> > }

> 				--Andrew Koenig
> 				  ark at europa.att.com

Note the semicolon on the  for(;;) .  Note that it's hard to note.

Another article on this topic replaced a null statement for a loop body
with a  continue :

	while( . . . . . )
		continue;

IMnsHO, the semicolon null statement is one of the more irritating glitches
in C.  I prefer

	for( ; *s && *s == *t; s++, t++ )
		{}

or

	while( . . . )
		{}

It's quite clear that this is an empty, no-effect statement.  It's a brace-
thing where you expect a brace-thing, and it won't get missed on a faint
printout the way a semicolon can be.
-- 

 (This man's opinions are his own.)
 From mole-end				Mark Terribile