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This can lead to programming errors when decimal values are mistakenly specified as octal constants.
Noncompliant
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Code Example
In this noncompliant code example, a decimal constant is mistakenly prefaced with zeros so that all the constants are a fixed length.
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Although it may appear that that {{i_array\[2]\}} is assigned the decimal value 42, it is actually assigned the decimal value 34. |
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Code Example
To avoid using wrong values and make the code more readable, don't preface constants with zeroes if the value is meant to be decimal.
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\[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|cplusplus:AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\] Section 6.4.4.1 "Integer constants" \[MISRA 042004\] Section 6.7 Rule 7.1 |
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02. Declarations and Initialization (DCL) DCL19-C. Use as minimal a scope as possible for all variables and functions