Re: [NEWBIE][CODE] two_arguments

From: George (greerga@CIRCLEMUD.ORG)
Date: 05/25/98


On Mon, 25 May 1998, Daniel Koepke wrote:

>On Mon, 25 May 1998, Mundi King wrote:
>
>->  if (arg2 == '\0')
>
>That should give you a compiler error.

'\0' is just a fancy way to write 0 (not '0'), which is what NULL is.

In general, I use:
  '\0' when manipulating characters.
  NULL when manipulating pointers.
  0 when using numbers.

It helps to avoid confusion.

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