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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: More Funny Stuff From Joel
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:08 -0000 (UTC)
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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.
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