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- // File from page 333 in "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
- // From the compressed package ECKELT01.ZIP 2/21/95
- // Copyright (c) Bruce Eckel, 1995
- // Source code file from the book "Thinking in C++",
- // Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-917709-4
- // All rights reserved EXCEPT as allowed by the following
- // statements: You may freely use this file for your own
- // work, including modifications and distribution in
- // executable form only. You may copy and distribute this
- // file, as long as it is only distributed in the complete
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- // book and you do not remove this copyright and notice.
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- // code in this package. This package may be freely placed
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- // the quality and performance of the software is with
- // you. Should the software prove defective, you assume
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- // correction.
- // If you think you've found an error, please
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- // to: eckel@aol.com (please use the same
- // address for non-code errors found in the book).
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
- //: STATFUN.CPP -- Static vars inside functions
- #include <iostream.h>
- #include "..\allege.h"
-
- char onechar(const char* string = 0) {
- static const char* s;
- if(string) {
- s = string;
- return *s;
- }
- else
- allege(s, "un-initialized s");
- if(*s == '\0')
- return 0;
- return *s++;
- }
-
- char* a = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
-
- main() {
- // Onechar(); // causes allege()
- onechar(a); // Initializes s to a
- char c;
- while((c = onechar()) != 0)
- cout << c << endl;
- }
-