From fb49ce7ad9e3000f4e08a477621e2ea770f53a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ayush <152896667+kkaname@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:03:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Implemented the loop for reading input into a string
 without using the relational operators.

As per asked in the excercise question, I have implemented the loop using while loop and break statement without using any relational operator(&& and ||).
---
 chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
index 5b127a6..fb07177 100644
--- a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
+++ b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
@@ -4,30 +4,35 @@
 
 int main(void) {
     char s[MAXLINE];
+    int c, i = 0;
 
-    // int i;
-    // int c;
-    // for (i = 0; (i < MAXLINE - 1) * ((c = getchar()) != '\n') * (c != EOF);
-    // ++i)
+    // int i, c;
+    // for (i = 0; (i < MAXLINE - 1) * ((c = getchar()) != '\n') * (c != EOF); ++i)
     // {
     //   s[i] = c;
     // }
-
-    int i = 0;
-    int loop = 1;
-    while (loop) {
+    
+    while (1) {
+        if (i >= MAXLINE - 1){
+            break;
+        }
+        
         char c = getchar();
 
-        if (i >= (MAXLINE - 1) || c == '\n' || c == EOF) {
-            loop = 0;
+        if (c == '\n'){
+            break;
         }
-
-        s[i++] = c;
+        else if (c == EOF){
+            printf("\n");
+            break;
+        }
+        else 
+            s[i++] = c;
     }
 
     s[i] = '\0';
 
-    printf("%s", s);
+    printf("%s\n", s);
 
     return 0;
 }

From 603ddadb38140ac9a6be625a70af979c3c405628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ayush <152896667+kkaname@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:07:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix variable declaration for character input

---
 chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
index fb07177..b10c3e0 100644
--- a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
+++ b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ int main(void) {
             break;
         }
         
-        char c = getchar();
+        c = getchar();
 
         if (c == '\n'){
             break;

From 54e8e54403b6f5fbe4c19a1a67f00c39cbbdf73f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ayush <152896667+kkaname@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:10:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix: enforce single-variable declarations to align with
 repo style.

Refactor variable declarations for clarity.
---
 chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
index b10c3e0..fb91de7 100644
--- a/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
+++ b/chapter_2/exercise_2_02/loop.c
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 int main(void) {
     char s[MAXLINE];
-    int c, i = 0;
+    int c;
+    int i = 0;
 
-    // int i, c;
+    // int i;
+    //int c;
     // for (i = 0; (i < MAXLINE - 1) * ((c = getchar()) != '\n') * (c != EOF); ++i)
     // {
     //   s[i] = c;