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<li><a href="#num1">if</a>
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An error which almost every C programmer has made is shown below:
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main()
{
int left=10;
if ( left = 5 )
{
puts(" Values are equal...");
}
}
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The program assigns 5 to the variable <b>left</b> and returns 5.
This is interpreted as <a href="../CONCEPT/true_false.html">TRUE</a> and causes the
<a href="../FUNCTIONS/puts.html">puts</a> statement to be executed everytime.
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Here is the corrected program.
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main()
{
int left=10;
if ( left == 5 ) /* Double equals required. */
{
puts(" Values are equal...");
}
}
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