Re: Need help with my program

From: Eric Sosman (Eric.Sosman_at_sun.com)
Date: 10/17/03 

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:07:35 -0400

Not Really Me wrote:
>
> "Joona I Palaste" <palaste@cc.helsinki.fi> wrote in message
> news:bmmn46$rj3$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi...
> > DarkKobold <none@thanks.com> scribbled the following
> > on comp.lang.c:
>
> <snip>
> > > for (i = 0; i<= 7; i++)
> > > {
> > > if ((buffer[curr] & y) == y)
> > > // ^^ this line is the main problem I think.
>
> <snip>
>
> > > y << 1;
> >
>
> Also, it appears that y is uninitialized when it is first used. It needs to
> have a value before you use it the first time. You can't assume that it
> starts at zero.

    The initialization did not appear in the extract at
the top, but you'll find it right there in plain sight
if you read the "complete" code later in the message. 

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Eric.Sosman@sun.com