question about printf

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Nov 18, 1998, Kent B Mein <mein@cs.umn.edu> wrote:

> Not sure if this is the place to talk about it or not.

it is not.  It's a C FAQ.

> printf("%c %c %c %c\n",getchar(),getchar(),getchar(),getchar());

> Preforms the getchar's backwards.

The order of evaluation of function arguments is not defined.

> The fix is of course to store the getchar's in var's before
> printing them out.

Yes.

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