for the for loop
for ( ; *source!='\0'; source++)
what is the purpose of the semicolon in the for loop ?
thank you!
dsuh06
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Jump to Post(1) The language specification requires them. (2) they separate initialization, condition, and increment statements.
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Ancient Dragon
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(1) The language specification requires them. (2) they separate initialization, condition, and increment statements.
people123
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in a normal loop you would have for( i = 0; i < n; i++) but in your code the semicolon simply states that it doesnt matter what the first section( i = 0 ) is.
[edit] What AD said. lol.
dsuh06
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thank you!!
Ancient Dragon
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All of the sections are optional, so we sometimes end up with this: for(;;)
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