/*******************************************************************
*
* Purpose: Count down from 10 to 1 in steps of 1
* Author: M J Leslie.
* Date: 02-Feb-94
*
*******************************************************************/
/* version 1 */
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
int a=10;
while (a >= 1)
{
printf("a is %2d\n",a);
a=a-1;
}
}
/*******************************************************************/
/* version 2 */
main()
{
a =11;
while (0 < (a = a - 1) )
{
printf("a is %2d\n",a);
}
}
/*******************************************************************/
/* version 3 */
main()
{
/*
* This works because the 'while' loop
* will keep spinning while 'i' is TRUE.
* That is while 'i' is NOT equal to 0
*/
a=11;
while (i)
{
printf ("%i",i=i-1);
}
}
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