last-reply-thread.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int ilog10(int n);
/* last-reply-thread: generate replies to max number of comments possible */
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int postnum;
    int countout = 0;
    int linesize = 0;

    postnum = atoi(argv[1]);
    while (countout <= 2000) {
        if (linesize)
            printf(">>%d ", postnum);
        linesize = 0;
        postnum += 1;
        linesize += ilog10(postnum)+1;
        linesize += 3;  // ">>" and space
        countout += linesize;
    }
    return 0;
}

int ilog10(int num)
{
        int d = 0;

        while (num /= 10)
                d++;
        return d;
}