On 3/15/06, Vamsi <krishna.vamsi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi List, > > i have seen a code snippet which starts with + symbol, > > +system("ls -l"); > > what is the significance of using + symbol before system. > > i also tried using + before printf ,, like +printf("Some text"); and it > is compiling and working tooo,, > > Can somebody clarify wht does that + signify?? The unary plus operator returns the value of an expression. Neither the unary plus nor unary minus operators produce lvalues and is of limited use. \Steve - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html