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assert---Macro for Debugging Diagnostics

Synopsis 
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
void assert(int expression);
Description
Use this macro to embed debuggging diagnostic statements in your programs. The argument expression should be an expression which evaluates to true (nonzero) when your program is working as you intended.

When expression evaluates to false (zero), assert calls abort, after first printing a message showing what failed and where: 

 Assertion failed: expression, file filename, line lineno

The macro is defined to permit you to turn off all uses of assert at compile time by defining NDEBUG as a preprocessor variable. If you do this, the assert macro expands to 

 (void(0))


Returns
assert does not return a value.


Portability
The assert macro is required by ANSI, as is the behavior when NDEBUG is defined.

Supporting OS subroutines required (only if enabled): close, fstat, getpid, isatty, kill, lseek, read, sbrk, write.


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