Question about || operator
I was just wondering if someone could explain this output to me.
I have this:
cout<<strcmp(buf, "time")<<" "<<strcmp(buf, "time")<<" "<<(strcmp(buf, "time") || strcmp(buf, "TIME"))<<endl;
buf is a char array with the characters "date"
the output is "-16 -16 1"
It's throwing off my program because it seems to me its taking 2 false things and ORing them together and making them true.
I have this:
cout<<strcmp(buf, "time")<<" "<<strcmp(buf, "time")<<" "<<(strcmp(buf, "time") || strcmp(buf, "TIME"))<<endl;
buf is a char array with the characters "date"
the output is "-16 -16 1"
It's throwing off my program because it seems to me its taking 2 false things and ORing them together and making them true.
"false" is zero. Anything that isn't zero is true.
strcmp(buf,"time") is -16, which is nonzero, which is true.
strcmp(buf,"time") is -16, which is nonzero, which is true.
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