Re: More Funny Stuff From Joel

DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote at 23:30 this Saturday (GMT):

On 6/8/2024 5:32 PM, Joel wrote:
>

I can't imagine I'd need anything beyond C.

>
>
I hope you're not gonna pull a Feeb and claim you're a C guru that can
'move the Earth', but refuse to show ANY decent code, then make lame
excuses like "I have other fish to fry".

Seems like a fun challenge.. especially since im kinda rusty with c

1) write your own C to sort these 3 names (by last then first):
>
William Thomas
Zachary Jones
Jim Thomas

I'll be honest, I might be bad but I completely forgot how to sort
strings.. sorry

2) write your own C to count the words in:
>
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

const char phrase[] = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the
aid of their country.";

int main()
{
const char *phr = phrase;
int words = 0;
int space = 0;   // does c have bool?

while(*phr)
{
if(space && isalpha(*phr))
{
space = 0;
words++;
}
if(isblank(*phr)) space = 1;

phr++;
}

printf("Words: %d, words);
}

3) write your own C to calc the mean, median and mode of:
>
1,2,3,4,5,5,6,7,8,9

#include <stdio.h>
#define COUNT_CNT 10

int nums[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, -1};

int main()
{
double mean;
int median, mode, md_count[COUNT_CNT], len;

for( len = 0; nums[len] != -1; len++ )
{
mean += nums[len];
md_count[nums[len]]++;
}
mean /= len;

if(len % 2 == 0)
{
int mid = len / 2;
median = nums[mid] + nums[mid + 1]];
median /= 2;
}
else
median = nums[len / 2];

for( int i = 0; i < COUNT_CNT; i++ )
{
if(md_count[mode] < md_count[i]) mode = i;
}

printf("mean %g, median %d, mode %d", mean, median, mode);
}

These compiled fine on my machine (gcc 12.2.0)

Why is it I have a VERY strong feeling you and Feeb and C are about to
be pwned by python?

IMO, both are pretty good languages, with their own strengths..like, C
is good for dealing with the raw data and it can be really satisfying to
get everything working, and python is great for throwing something
together.
--
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom