/* * Quick and dirty program to select adjacent records that are common * in the first character positions. * */ #include #define MAXSIZE 512 char ping[MAXSIZE]; char pong[MAXSIZE]; int flipflop = 0; int size = MAXSIZE-1; main (argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { register int index; char *newbuf(); if (argc == 2) { size = atoi (argv[1]); } while (newbuf() != NULL) { for (index=0; index < size; index++) { if (ping[index] != pong[index]) { break; } } if (index == size) { printf ("%s\n", ping); printf ("%s\n", pong); } } return (0); } char * newbuf () { char *bufp; if (flipflop) { bufp = ping; flipflop = 0; } else { bufp = pong; flipflop = 1; } return (gets (bufp)); }