How can char* be a condition in for loop?
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In a book I am reading there is a piece of code :
string x;
size_t h=0;
for(const char* s=x.ctr();*s;++s)
h=(h*17)^*s;
Regarding this code, I have two questions:
how can
*sbe a condition? what does it mean?what does
"h=(h*17)^*s"mean?
Thanks for help!
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