Can I pass variables to system()?

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From: Joseph A. Hollowood
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 21:06

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How can I make the following work?

The user types in a month (int) and a year (int) and I
pass those values to system("cal [month] [year]").

Here's the code I was experimenting with, but it wasn't
working...

   int theMonth = [inputFields intValueAt:0];
   int theYear = [inputFields intValueAt:1]; 
   system("cal $theMonth $theYear > /tmp/calOutputFile"); 

Please email any replies to me personally.

Joe

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