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Q&A Tips for golfing in C

Assign ints before main(){} This is a combination of 2 golfing tricks. It's possible to write a program as just main(){}, though it will send a warning, not an error though, so it's still safe to ...

posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar General Sebast1an‭ · 2021-07-29T14:56:55Z (over 2 years ago)
  • # Assign `int`s before main
  • This is a combination of 2 golfing tricks. It's possible to write a program as just `main(){}`, though it will send a warning, not an error though, so it's still safe to run.
  • A cool trick with using this is assigning values meant to be `int`s which you can assign inside `main` anyway.
  • ## Try changing the number value here, it works!
  • <!-- language-all: lang-c -->
  • i;main(){i=0;printf("%i",i);}
  • [Try it online!][TIO-krp1hiei]
  • [TIO-krp1hiei]: https://tio.run/##S9ZNzknMS/@vnJmXnFOakqpgU1ySkpmvl2H3P9M6NzEzT0OzOtPWwLqgKDOvJE1DSTVTSSdT07r2/38A "C (clang) – Try It Online"
  • # Assign `int`s before `main(){}`
  • This is a combination of 2 golfing tricks. It's possible to write a program as just `main(){}`, though it will send a warning, not an error though, so it's still safe to run.
  • A cool trick with using this is assigning values meant to be `int`s which you can assign inside `main` anyway.
  • ## Try changing the number value here, it works!
  • <!-- language-all: lang-c -->
  • i;main(){i=0;printf("%i",i);}
  • [Try it online!][TIO-krp1hiei]
  • [TIO-krp1hiei]: https://tio.run/##S9ZNzknMS/@vnJmXnFOakqpgU1ySkpmvl2H3P9M6NzEzT0OzOtPWwLqgKDOvJE1DSTVTSSdT07r2/38A "C (clang) – Try It Online"
#1: Initial revision by user avatar General Sebast1an‭ · 2021-07-29T14:56:33Z (over 2 years ago)
# Assign `int`s before main

This is a combination of 2 golfing tricks. It's possible to write a program as just `main(){}`, though it will send a warning, not an error though, so it's still safe to run.

A cool trick with using this is assigning values meant to be `int`s which you can assign inside `main` anyway.

## Try changing the number value here, it works!

<!-- language-all: lang-c -->

    i;main(){i=0;printf("%i",i);}

[Try it online!][TIO-krp1hiei]

[TIO-krp1hiei]: https://tio.run/##S9ZNzknMS/@vnJmXnFOakqpgU1ySkpmvl2H3P9M6NzEzT0OzOtPWwLqgKDOvJE1DSTVTSSdT07r2/38A "C (clang) – Try It Online"