void dummy (x, y) int *x; int y; {} int main (argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; { int number_columns=9; int cnt0 = 0; int cnt1 = 0; int i,A1; for (i = number_columns-1; i != 0; i--) { if (i == 1) { dummy(&A1, i); cnt0++; } else { dummy(&A1, i-1); cnt1++; } } if (cnt0 != 1 || cnt1 != 7) abort (); exit (0); }