Math + CS = 11

Okay, I just had way too much fun writing this so I thought I’d post it. It’s exercise 4-1 in K&R2. It’s pretty much “write a function which returns the rightmost index of some character in some string.”

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
 
int strindex(char s[], int t);
 
char mystring[] = "This is my string and I can cry if [...]

Maybe it’s just me, but this is like the coolest sentence ever:
“Today, I am pleased to release NASA’s FY2010 budget request in the amount of $18.686 billion
to advance Earth science, complete the International Space Station, explore the solar system
and conduct aeronautics research.”
This is from NASA’s FY2010 Request Summary document, avaiable at http://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html. Geoff approves.