/* * author: lx * date: 2011-09-16 * brief: programming pearls column2 */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> void move_vector( char* b, int m, int n ) { int i = 0; int j; char temp; for ( ; i < n ; i++ ) { for ( j = i; j < m; j += n ) { if ( j == i ) temp = *( b + j ); else *( b + j - n ) = *( b + j) ; } printf( "temp is %c %d\n", temp, j ); *( b + j - n ) = temp; } /* * this is especially. * */ if ( m % n != 0 ) move_vector( b + m - n , n, n - m%n ); } int main() { char a[8] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h'}; char b[12] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l' }; move_vector( a, 8, 3 ); int i; for ( i = 0; i < 8; i++ ) printf( "%c\n", *( a + i ) ); printf( "b is .............\n" ); move_vector( b, 12, 3 ); for ( i = 0; i < 12; i++ ) printf( "%c\n", *( b + i ) ); exit( 0 ); }