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Article #1589Re: Self-printing C program
From: Jeff Jenness
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 1990 22:01
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 1990 22:01
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In article <38724@unix.cis.pitt.edu> meyer@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Timothy S. Meyer) writes:
>
>Seems to me I saw a self-printing C program a few years back in CACM or
>Computer magazine, but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone give me a
>reference for such a program? (A self-printing program is one that
>outputs a copy of its own text and is more of a recreational interest I
>think.)
>
>Any help will be appreciated.
Here is an example of what you are looking for:
char p[]="char p[]=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
Hope this helps,
--
Jeff Jenness
University of Missouri - Rolla
jeffj@cs.umr.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!umriscc!mcs213j.cs.umr.edu!jeffj From: jeffj@mcs213j.cs.umr.edu (Jeff Jenness) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Self-printing C program Summary: Self reproducing C program Message-ID: <1400@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> Date: 16 Sep 90 22:01:48 GMT References: <38724@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Sender: news@umriscc.isc.umr.edu Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla Lines: 20