How To Build a C
March 1, 2022 • By Tomy • 0 Comments
We all want to build a compiler, at least once in our lifetime. I am here to tell you that it is not very hard to do so. All you need is a bit of time, some determination and the C
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Now we’re ready to do something that’s more like an actual program. We’ll take our example of a function that takes an int and returns the string “hello,
this is the statement for defining a struct
// read a line of text
Console.Write(“Enter your name: “);
string name = Console.ReadLine();
// read another line of text
Console.Write(“Enter your age: “);
string age = Console.ReadLine();
// convert string to int
int iage = int.Parse(age);
// change integer to years left to live using arbitrary formula
int yearsLeft = 65 – iage;
// output result using semicolon to concatenate strings and ints into message for user
Console.WriteLine(“Hi ” + name + “. You have ” + yearsLeft + ” years left to live.”);
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