C Programming Language
C Programming Language
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ISBN: 9780131103627
Author: Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, Dennis Ritchie
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Write a program entab that replaces strings of blanks by the minimum number of tabs and blanks to achieve the same spacing. Use the same tab stops as for detab. When either a tab or a single blank would suffice to reach a tab stop, which should be given preference?

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Write a program detab that replaces tabs in the input with the proper number of blanks to space to the next tab stop. Assume a fixed set of tab stops, say every n columns. Should n be a variable or a symbolic parameter?
Write a program entab that replaces strings of blanks by the minimum number of tabs and blanks to achieve the same spacing. Use the same tab stops as for detab. When either a tab or a single blank would suffice to reach a tab stop, which should be given preference?
Write a regular expression for the set of strings over the alphabet {a, b} that have at least one a and at least one b. For example, aaaba and bbaba are strings in the set, but aaaa and bbb are not. Provide a brief explanation of how your expression works.

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