Subject: Reminder: indentation versus { }

(This message is being sent to all CPSC 101 section 302 students)

Proper use of indentation greatly facilitates the ability of
human beings to read and understand your code.

However, INDENTATION HAS NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER ON THE C compiler
which COMPLETELY IGNORES IT.

Hence code that looks like this:

if (value == 7)
      state = 1;
      found7 = found7 + 1;

is 100% equivalent (as far as the C compiler is concerned) to THIS:
(which is probably NOT what the author intended).

if (value == 7)
{
     state = 1;
}
found7 = found7 + 1;

Several students seem to have suffered this error --- so please
be careful.  It is ALWAYS SAFE to just follow EVERY if and while
with  { } regardless of whether the if/while is intended to control
one or more than one statement!!!