More C programming questions ...

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:53:41 -0600, Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> wrote:
> Can a "break" be used to bust out of a for loop:
> 
> example:
> 
> int idx = 0 ;
> int DONEGOOD = 0 ;
> int numberitems = 64 ;   /* Limit items we can have to 64 */
> char string[256] ;       /* MAKE big enuff so we do not overflow
>                              mydata in the file will always be 32  */
> 
> for (idx = 0 ; idx < numberitems ; idx++ )
> {
>      gogetmydata( string ) ;
>      if ( strncmp( string, "ITEMID", 6) == 0 )
>         {
>           DONEGOOD = 1 ;
>           break ;
>          }
> }
> 
> AND/OR, is there a better way of doing this ?
> 

1. Yes
2. No, this is perfectly normal code.

-- 
 Collins