On 21/02/18 15:46, Kiwi User wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:34:34 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:10:30 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
>>  declaimed the following:
>>
>>
>>> print(last==readpin()?((last=readpin()==OPENED)?"Opened":"Closed"):"");
>>>
>>> I knew one line was possible!
>>
>>  That's not Python. Assignment is not an expression in Python but a
>> statement.
>>
> Besides, the while loop somehow vanished into thin air.
>
>
well that can all be on a single line, in C..

In fact a whole program can be a single line, as the compiler skips
white space: All that matters is the semicolon...

So
while (1)
printf(last==readpin()?((last=readpin()==OPENED)?"Opened":"Closed"):"");

is a single line while loop

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