while-loop

for() or while() - which is BEST? for (i=1; i<a; i++) /* do something */ OR i=1; while (i<a) { /* do something */ i++; } The first is the idiomatic way; it is what most C coders will expect to see. However, I should note that most people will also expect to see for(i = 0; i < a; i++) Note that the loop starts at zero. This will do something a times. If you're going to write a while loop that is equivalent to a for loop as above I strongly encourage you to write it as a for loop. Again, it is what C coders expect to see. Further, as a for loop it is easier to read as everything (initialization,

So basically I want to copy everything i write to stdin (including newline char) to string for hash purposes. I managed to accomplish that and made small code to represent my problem. #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> #define BUFFERSIZE 10000 int main() { char *myStr = calloc(1,1); char buffer[BUFFERSIZE]; while( fgets(buffer, BUFFERSIZE , stdin) != NULL ){ myStr = realloc(myStr, strlen(myStr)+1+strlen(buffer) ); strcat( myStr, buffer ); } printf("\n%s\n",myStr); } everything works when I enter some text then press ENTER and after I call EOF. But when I start program

We have have a certain amount e.g. 300 units. This amount should be as evenly as possible distributed over 40 "slots" or "bins". It would be easy if each slot would be the same - so it would be 7,5 at each slot. However, the slots vary in size and we cannot "fill in" there more than its "size" allows for e.g. if its only 4. What we cannot "fill in" more than 4. Hence, we have to distribute more over the other ones. Lets assume that there is another limitation: A general filling in limit of e.g. 5. That would mean that even if we have enough size in the slot to fill in say 12 and enough units