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Why does the following code run the while loop? I thought “mid = term” is an assignment, not a condition? Please explain. Thanks.
#include <stdio.h>
main ()
{
int mid = 4, term = 4;
while ( mid = term)
printf("%d\n", --term);
}
The result of an assignment is the value. Therefore the expression evaluates to
4or a non-zero and thus, in C,TRUE.