From cafa6492665c3d5c21f0446914b24082d1fecd32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ayush <152896667+kkaname@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 02:32:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Simplify character input loop in loop.c

since they have asked in the question to not to use the relational operators, I have written the code for the loop without the relational operators(&& and ||)
---
 chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c | 39 +++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
index 5cfbb05..9228c86 100644
--- a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
+++ b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
@@ -5,31 +5,26 @@
 int main(void)
 {
   char s[MAXLINE];
-
-  // int i;
-  // int c;
-  // for (i = 0; (i < MAXLINE - 1) * ((c = getchar()) != '\n') * (c != EOF); ++i)
-  // {
-  //   s[i] = c;
-  // }
-
-  int i = 0;
-  int loop = 1;
-  while (loop)
-  {
-    char c = getchar();
-
-    if (i >= (MAXLINE - 1) || c == '\n' || c == EOF)
-    {
-      loop = 0;
+  int c, i = 0;
+  
+ while (1){
+        if (i >= MAXLINE - 1)
+            break;
+
+        c = getchar();
+
+        if (c == '\n')
+            break;
+        else if (c == EOF)
+            break;
+        else 
+            s[i] = c;
+
+        ++i;
     }
 
-    s[i++] = c;
-  }
-
-  s[i] = '\0';
+    printf("\n%s\n", s);
 
-  printf("%s", s);
 
   return 0;
 }

From d37125c9e7c8464c206fc68ebe7f7023bcc359ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ayush <152896667+kkaname@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 02:43:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix character assignment and null termination in loop

---
 chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
index 9228c86..2b60f5b 100644
--- a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
+++ b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ int main(void)
         else if (c == EOF)
             break;
         else 
-            s[i] = c;
-
-        ++i;
+            s[i++] = c;
     }
+    s[i] = '\0';
 
-    printf("\n%s\n", s);
+    printf("%s\n", s);
 
 
   return 0;