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"pete" <> wrote in message
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> Joe Smith wrote:
>>
>> "CBFalconer"
>> > Joe Smith wrote:
>>
>> >> There's something driving me bats right now. How does one complete
>> >> this table:
>> >>
>> >> long * | short | long ***
>> >> -------------------------------------------------
>> >> type is | | |
>> >> ----------------------------------
>> >> type-specifier is | | |
>> >
>> > That doesn't look anything like a table here. I suspect you are
>> > using some sort of proportional font, which doesn't do well over
>> > usenet. Use a fixed font. A clearer version:
>> >
>> > long * | short | long ***
>> > -------------------------------------------------
>> > type is | pointer to long | short | ptr to ptr to
>> > | | | ptr to long
>> > -----------------------------------------------
>> > type-specifier is | long *item | short item | long ***item
>>
>> Does this show a show a diagonal line of numbers:
>>
>> 1234567890
>> 2
>> 3
>> 4
>> 5
>> 6
>> 7
>> 8
>> 9
>> 0
>> ? joe
>
> Yes.
> Maybe you have some tabs in your table?

I'm guessing carelessness with carriage return. joe