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what does this statement exactly do while (*x++=*y++)..?? this is in C.

just had the above question as an interview question, couldn really answer, there is no code under while loop, but just wat does the above code do ?? does it compare or wat?
Sep 15 '10 #1
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ashitpro
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This should help:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Write_a_fu...t_using_strcpy
Sep 15 '10 #2

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