I am trying to write a quine based off the Java code in this Wikipedia article. Here is my code so far:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
void print(int x)
{
char * buf = itoa(x,NULL,10);
puts(buf);
}
int main(void)
{
rsize_t opening = 15;
rsize_t i = 0;
char * q[] =
{
"#include <stdio.h>",
"#include <stdlib.h>",
"#include <stdint.h>",
"",
"void printf(int x)",
"{",
" char * buf = itoa(x,NULL,10);",
" puts(buf);",
"}",
"",
"int main(void)",
"{",
" rsize_t opening = 15",
" rsize_t i = 0;",
" char * q[] =",
" {",
" };",
" while (i <= opening)",
" {",
" printf(q[i]);putchar(10);i++;",
" }",
" i = 0;",
" while (q[i] != NULL)",
" {",
" putchar(34);printf(q[i]);putchar(34);putchar(44);putchar(10);i++;",
" }",
" i = opening+1;",
" while (q[i] != NULL)",
" {",
" printf(q[i]);putchar(10);i++;",
" }",
" return 0;",
"}",
};
while (i <= opening)
{
printf(q[i]);putchar(10);i++;
}
i = 0;
while (q[i] != NULL)
{
putchar(34);printf(q[i]);putchar(34);putchar(44);putchar(10);i++;
}
i = opening+1;
while ( q[i] != NULL )
{
printf(q[i]);putchar(10);i++;
}
return 0;
}
The output of this program is the following:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
void printf(int x)
{
char * buf = itoa(x,NULL,10);
puts(buf);
}
int main(void)
{
rsize_t opening = 15
rsize_t i = 0;
char * q[] =
{
"#include <stdio.h>",
"#include <stdlib.h>",
"#include <stdint.h>",
"",
"void printf(int x)",
"{",
" char * buf = itoa(x,NULL,10);",
" puts(buf);",
"}",
"",
"int main(void)",
"{",
" rsize_t opening = 15",
" rsize_t i = 0;",
" char * q[] =",
" {",
" };",
" while (i <= opening)",
" {",
" printf(q[i]);putchar(10);i++;",
" }",
" i = 0;",
" while (q[i] != NULL)",
" {",
" putchar(34);printf(q[i]);putchar(34);putchar(44);putchar(10);i++;",
" }",
" i = opening+1;",
" while (q[i] != NULL)",
" {",
" printf(q[i]);putchar(10);i++;",
" }",
" return 0;",
"}",
"",
As we can see the program just stops printing just after it prints the last newline wrapped in quotation marks and followed by a comma: ("",). It was supposed to print the enclosing bracket (};) for the array (char * q[]) followed by all three while loops without them being wrapped in visible quotation marks to complete printing the quine. In the past, I had to shorten lines of code to allow the quine to finish printing. So it surprises me I am having this kind of problem with writing a quine once again.