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0 pointsasddubs5y ago0 comments

could do this instead, right?

    do {
       *dst = *src;
       *dst++;
       *src++;
    } while(*dst);

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josefx5y ago

I think you are not copying the terminating nul character.

FartyMcFarter5y ago

Unless the first character was null, in which case it would be ignored by the condition... Also, you don't need to dereference a pointer in order to increase it.

The grandparent post's code is just nonsensical.

asddubsOP5y ago

haha, I was genuinely asking if it made sense, I don't usually do C. Maybe it helped illustrate that the code is too clever for me, at least.

e: I submit my revised code:

    do {
       *dst = *src;
       src++;
       dst++;
    } while(*(dst - 1));

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