/ eecs.nwu.edu:comp.lang.c / pathak at s.cs.uiuc.edu / 8:44 pm Mar 10, 1989 / > main(n,m){for(scanf("%d",&m);m>1&m<10;n*=m--); > printf(m-1?"error\n":"answer is %d\n",n);} The expression "m>1&m<10" can be optimized by one character with the expression "m>1^m>9". > Heeren Pathak > s.cs.uiuc.edu > zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu