From:	shifter <shifter AT sainet DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	why don't this work
Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:09:43 -0600
Organization:	The Destek Group, Inc.
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#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
char *i;
char *password;
   
   clrscr();
   printf ("Input a password:");
   gets(password);
   printf("you typed:%s\n",password);
   do{
   printf ("Input a password:%s:",i);
   }while (gets(i) != password);
   printf("you got it!!!");
   exit(0);
}

i'm trying to get it to break out of loop with the correct password
what am i doing wrong?
ralph <shifter AT sainet DOT net>

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