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Question

Write a program that will write out the following, note that all indentations are tabs.

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout
    down came the rain to wash the spider out
        then came the sun that dried up all the rain
            and the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again

Solution:

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
    printf("The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout\n");
    printf("\tdown came the rain to wash the spider out\n");
    printf("\t\tthen came the sun that dried up all the rain\n");
    printf("\t\t\tand the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again\n");
    return 0;
}

Question

Write a program that will write out the following to the screen.

In DOS based systems, you use \ in your path
In UNIX based systems you use / in your path
99% of students polled love ice-cream!
"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual."
    - Terry Pratchett

Solution

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
    printf("In DOS based systems, you use \\ in your path\n");
    printf("In UNIX based systems you use / in your path\n");
    printf("99%% of students polled love ice-cream!\n");
    printf("\"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.\"\n");
    printf("- Terry Pratchett\n");
    return 0;
}

Question

Re-write the hello world program so that when it will do a beep just before it ends

Solution

#include <stdio.h>
int main(void){
    printf("Hello World!\n");
    printf("\a");
}