[Info-vax] ChatGPT solved it for me, again...

[bill]

On 2/17/2023 9:45 AM, Slo wrote:
> Me: But fgets() is not guaranteed to return a newline character. Can you improve the code?
> ==========================
> You're correct that fgets() may not return the newline character if the
> input buffer is filled before encountering a newline. Here's an updated
> version of the code that handles this case:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <time.h>
> #include <string.h>
> 
> int get_wattage(char *sys) {
>      return (rand() % 20) * 50 + 200;
> }
> 
> int main() {
>      srand(time(NULL));
>      char sys1[256], sys2[256];
>      int watt1, watt2;
> 
>      printf("Utility to check power supply compatibility.\n");
>      printf("Enter name of system #1: ");
>      if (fgets(sys1, 256, stdin) == NULL) {
>          perror("fgets failed");
>          exit(1);
>      }
>      sys1[strcspn(sys1, "\n")] = '\0';
>      if (sys1[0] == '\0') {
>          fprintf(stderr, "Invalid input: system name cannot be empty\n");
>          exit(1);
>      }
>      printf("Enter name of system #2: ");
>      if (fgets(sys2, 256, stdin) == NULL) {
>          perror("fgets failed");
>          exit(1);
>      }
>      sys2[strcspn(sys2, "\n")] = '\0';
>      if (sys2[0] == '\0') {
>          fprintf(stderr, "Invalid input: system name cannot be empty\n");
>          exit(1);
>      }
>      watt1 = get_wattage(sys1);
>      watt2 = get_wattage(sys2);
> 
>      if (watt1 == watt2) {
>          printf("%s and %s can use the same power supply (%d watt)\n", sys1, sys2, watt1);
>      } else {
>          printf("%s and %s cannot use the same power supply as they use %d and %d watt\n", sys1, sys2, watt1, watt2);
>      }
>      return 0;
> }
> ==========================
> 

And people are already talking about trusting the code written by
the robot.   :-)  :-)   :-)

bill