Re: the mystery of <ctrl-d>

chandanlinster wrote:
/* if the program is executed as shown below:
* $./a.out
* ges<ctrl-d><ctrl-d>
*
* OUTPUT:
* Number of characters = 3
*
* Question: What happens to the first and second <ctrl-d>?
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)
{
int j;

for (j = 0; getchar() != EOF;j++)
;
fprintf(stdout, "Number of characters = %d\n", j);

exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}


Ok, I admit it! I stole them! I'm really sorry!!

Look, it's been a really really tough month, and I am seriously
behind on my ctrl-D's. My boss is chewing on my a**, and I have
all these TSP reports to do. I didn't think that anyone would
really miss them, so I took them, all right!

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