Strange if condition

jerico

Hi all.I have a problem.

if (some condition)
printf("hello");
else
printf("world");

The "some condition" should be such that both "hello" and "world" are printed.Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Jerico

Sep 16 '06 #1

sreema

i think "any condition" cannot be true and false at same time.

Hi all.I have a problem.

if (some condition)
printf("hello");
else
printf("world");

The "some condition" should be such that both "hello" and "world" are printed.Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Jerico

Sep 16 '06 #2

pukur123

It is not possible in C. Then what is the need of if statement. Directly execute all the statements irrespective of the conditions. So C has switch case to handle this type of situations. Go through the switch case.

Sep 16 '06 #3

sreema

wht i meant was in C both if and else cannot execute sequentially. Definetly can be done using switch.



QUOTE=pukur123]It is not possible in C. Then what is the need of if statement. Directly execute all the statements irrespective of the conditions. So C has switch case to handle this type of situations. Go through the switch case.[/quote]

Sep 16 '06 #4

jerico

I also thought so.But then I remembered something called fork().If I use

if(!fork())
printf("hello");
else
printf("world");

then both "hello" and "world" are printed. Can there be any other solution?

Regards,
Jerico

Sep 16 '06 #5

nikhilraj

I also thought so.But then I remembered something called fork().If I use

if(!fork())
printf("hello");
else
printf("world");

then both "hello" and "world" are printed. Can there be any other solution?

Regards,
Jerico

hey function which u used fork() is used in unix to create a child process.So here two threads of controls are generated one by parent and another by child.When fork is executed a child process is created.The parent process returns the processid of the child and the child process returns 0 .so one printf is executed by parent and another one by child .

Sep 16 '06 #6

KartikVlsi

There is always a solution to a problem.. It depends on how u think.. Instead of focussing on the problem, focus on the solution.. the question was not to try to figure out whether c supports the control entering if and else.. it just said the output needs to be hello world.. well answer is simple..


if(!printf("Hello"))
printf("Hello");
else
printf("World");

The conditions printf("Hello") will print hello and value retured is obviously true which by using ! can be made false so that it can then print world...

"Think, It may be a new experience"!!!

Jan 6 '07 #7

willakawill

There is always a solution to a problem.. It depends on how u think.. Instead of focussing on the problem, focus on the solution.. the question was not to try to figure out whether c supports the control entering if and else.. it just said the output needs to be hello world.. well answer is simple..


if(!printf("Hello"))
printf("Hello");
else
printf("World");

The conditions printf("Hello") will print hello and value retured is obviously true which by using ! can be made false so that it can then print world...

"Think, It may be a new experience"!!!

Nice answer :)

Jan 6 '07 #8

vsagarmca

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Any help would be appreciated.

Jul 11 '07 #9

ssleepwalker

Perhaps recursion might interest you..

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/* begin ifelse.c */

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
static int i;

if(!i++)
{
printf("Hello ");
main();
}
else
printf("World!");

return 0;
}

/* end ifelse.c */

C:\MinGW>gcc -Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -O2 -o ifelse.exe ifelse.c
C:\MinGW>ifelse
Hello World!
C:\MinGW>

Mar 23 '08 #10

ssleepwalker

I've considered KartikVlsi's idea and I'm quite convinced that unless by an act
of God the if statement will NEVER execute. My proposal eliminates writing code that will never execute, god willing.

I propose:

/* begin file.c */

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{

if(!printf("Hello "))
{
}
else
printf("World!");

return 0;
}

/* end file.c */


C:\MinGW>gcc -Wall -pedantic -std=c99 -O2 -o file.exe file.c

C:\MinGW>file
Hello World!
C:\MinGW>

Mar 24 '08 #11