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Just for fun III - Prints self out ...

Simple exercise: Program that prints itself out (Only executable version is available at runtime!!!)

Objective: a suitable add-on for copyright software? (just kidding)

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kellyjj

Are you talking about printing source code? or the
binary???

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snoegler

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ozo

The standard example, fron the comp.lang.c FAQ, is:

char*s="char*s=%c%s%c;main(){printf(s,34,s,34);}";main(){printf(s,34,s,34);}

snoegler

that is a bit shorter :)

newexpert

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How about the one I had in mind (it even does some extra things):
#include "pself.h"
PH(int main(void) {)
PA(int i; int sum = 0; for (i = 1; i <= 100; i++) sum += i;)
PB(return sum; })

The actual code that does the hard work is conveniently hidden in pself.h
#define PH(x) x puts("#include \"pself.h\"\nPH("#x")");
#define PA(x) x; puts("PA("#x")");
#define PB(x) puts("PB("#x")"); x

ozo

Hmm, if you allow that, then how about just this:

#include "pself.h"

with pself.h containg:
main(){
int i; int sum = 0;
for (i = 1; i <= 100; i++) sum += i;
puts("#include \"pself.h\"\n");
return sum;
}

Or this:

X

compiled with
cc -DX='main(){puts("X");}'

newexpert

ASKER

Good point. Wonder how hard would it be to create a .h which source dump any .c file that includes it?

newexpert

ASKER

Where did the last word "it" go?