char input[] = "SSSWILTECH1\1\11W\1WALLMP1";
main()
{
int i, c;
for( i=2; (c=input[i])!='\0'; i++ ) {
switch(c) {
case 'a': putchar('i'); continue;
case '1': break;
case 1: while( (c=input[++i])!='\1' && c!='\0' );
case 9: putchar('S');
case 'E':
case 'L': continue;
default: putchar(c);
continue;
}
putchar(' ');
}
putchar('\n');
}
The explanation:
- char input[] = "SSSWILTECH1\1\11W\1WALLMP1"
- The character array
input is initialized to the character string "SSS...MP1". - for( i=2; (c=input[2])!='\0';
c takes character values from input beginning at the third character. - switch('S')
- The first time through the
switch statement c='S'. - default: putchar('S');
- The
default case is taken since none of the cases match 'S'. S is printed/ - continue
- The
continue statement forces the next iteration of the innermost enclosing loop; in this case, the for loop. Notice that the continue effectively is a branch to the reinitialization expression of the for. - for( ; c=input[3])!='\0'; i++) {
c gets the fourth character from input. - switch('W')
c='W' - default: putchar('W'); continue
- As before,
W is printed. - ...
- Similarly for
i=4, c='I'. - switch('L') {
i=5, c='L'. - case 'L': continue
- The
'L' case is taken, nothing is printed. i=5, c='L' - Nothing is printed.
i=6, c='T' T is printed. i=7, c='E' - Nothing is printed.
i=8, c='C' C is printed. i=9, c='H' H is printed. - switch('1') {
i=10, c='1' - case '1': break
- The
break statement forces an exit from the innermost enclosing loop or switch. In this case it effects a branch to the statement following the switch. - putchar(' ')
- A space is printed.
- for( ; (c=input[11])!='\0'; i++) {
- Back to the top of the
for loop. - switch('\1') {
- The character constant '\n', where n is up to three octal digits, yields a character with the octal value n. For example,
\0 yields the ASCII character null and \101 the character A. - case 1:
- Case labels may be either character or integer constants.
\1 matches since C automatically coerces char to int. - while( (c=input[++i])!='\1' && c!='\0' );
- The exit condition for the
while is either c=='\1' or end of string. Each time the while test is made, i is incremented by , thus the loop advances i through the characters of input until either the next '\1' character or the end of the string.
In the while loop:
i=12, c='\11'; - Nothing is printed.
i=13, c='W'; - Nothing is printed.
i=14, c='\1'; - The
while loop terminates. - case 9: putchar('S')
- The statements from each case follow one another directly; there is no implied break between cases. Case 9 follows case 1.
S is printed. - case 'E': case 'L': continue
- Cases
'E' and 'L' follow case 9. - for( ; (c=input[15]); i++) {
- Again, back to the top of the
for loop.
In the for loop:
i=15, c='W'; W is printed. i=16, c='A'; A is printed. i=17, c='L'; - Nothing is printed.
i=18, c='L'; - Nothing is printed.
i=19, c='M'; M is printed. i=20, c='P'; P is printed. i=21, c='1'; - A space is printed.
i=22, c='\0'; - The
for loop terminates. putchar('\n')
If you think the switch about was hard to read, you may want to visit the web site for the The International Obfuscated C Code Contest. Here's a couple of examples of what you can find there...
This one-line program displays a 7-segment digital clock showing the time that the program was compiled.
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