Tip 6Be Stylish
White Belt[​​White Belt] Writing code with good style helps well before the professional world.

These two functions do exactly the same thing:

Fibonacci.c
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uint64_t
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fibonacci(​unsigned​ ​int​ n)
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{
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​if​ (n == 0 || n == 1) {
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​return​ n;
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}
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​else​ {
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uint64_t previous = 0;
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uint64_t current = 1;
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​while​ (--n > 0) {
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uint64_t sum = previous + current;
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previous = current;
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current = sum;
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}
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​return​ current;
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}
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}
Fibonacci.c
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​unsigned​ ​long​ ​long​ fbncci(​unsigned​ ​int​ quux) { ​if​
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(quux == 0 || quux ...

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