K&R C Programs Exercise 5-11

Posted on February 1, 2012June 22, 2026 by Sandeepa Nadahalli

Exercise 5-11. Modify the programs entab and detab (written as exercises in Chapter 1) to accept a list of tab stops as arguments. Use the default tab settings if there are no arguments. The Chapter 1 versions of entab and detab used a fixed tab width of 8. This version reads tab stop positions from …

K&R C Exercise 1-21: entab — Replace Spaces with Tabs

Posted on November 21, 2011June 21, 2026 by Sandeepa Nadahalli

Exercise 1-21. Write a program entab that replaces strings of blanks by the minimum number of tabs and blanks to achieve the same spacing. Use the same tab stops as for detab. When either a tab or a single blank would suffice to reach a tab stop, which should be given preference? Approach entab is …