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The assert header is used for debugging purposes.
Macros:
assert();
External References:
NDEBUG
Declaration:
The assert macro allows diagnostic information to be written to the standard error file.void assert(int
expression);
If expression evaluates to 0 (false), then the expression, sourcecode filename, and line
number are sent to the standard error, and then calls the abort function. If the identifier
NDEBUG
("no debug") is defined with #define NDEBUG
then the macro assert does nothing.
Common error outputting is in the form:
Example:Assertion failed:
expression, file
filename, line
line-number
#include<assert.h>
void open_record(char *record_name)
{
assert(record_name!=NULL);
/* Rest of code */
}
int main(void)
{
open_record(NULL);
}
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