Friday, 21 September 2012

C Aptitude Questions


Predict the output or error(s) for the following:

1.  void main()
{
       int  const * p=5;
       printf("%d",++(*p));
}

Answer:
              Compiler error: Cannot modify a constant value.
     Explanation:   
p is a pointer to a "constant integer". But we tried to change the value of the "constant integer".

2.  main()
{
       char s[ ]="man";
       int i;
       for(i=0;s[ i ];i++)
       printf("\n%c%c%c%c",s[ i ],*(s+i),*(i+s),i[s]);
}
Answer:
              mmmm
               aaaa
               nnnn
Explanation:
s[i], *(i+s), *(s+i), i[s] are all different ways of expressing the same idea. Generally  array name is the base address for that array. Here s is the base address. i is the index number/displacement from the base address. So, indirecting it with * is same as s[i]. i[s] may be surprising. But in the  case of  C  it is same as s[i].

3.  main()
{
       float me = 1.1;
       double you = 1.1;
       if(me==you)
printf("I love U");
else
              printf("I hate U");
}
Answer:
I hate U
Explanation:
For floating point numbers (float, double, long double) the values cannot be predicted exactly. Depending on the number of bytes, the precession with of the value  represented varies. Float takes 4 bytes and long double takes 10 bytes. So float stores 0.9 with less precision than long double.
Rule of Thumb:
Never compare or at-least be cautious when using floating point numbers with relational operators (== , >, <, <=, >=,!= ) . 

4.  main()
       {
       static int var = 5;
       printf("%d ",var--);
       if(var)
              main();
       }
      Answer:
5 4 3 2 1
              Explanation:
When static storage class is given, it is initialized once. The change in the value of a static variable is retained even between the function calls. Main is also treated like any other ordinary function, which can be called recursively. 

5.  main()
{
        int c[ ]={2.8,3.4,4,6.7,5};
        int j,*p=c,*q=c;
        for(j=0;j<5;j++) {
              printf(" %d ",*c);
              ++q;        }
        for(j=0;j<5;j++){
printf(" %d ",*p);
++p;        }
}

       Answer:
              2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 6 5
              Explanation:
Initially pointer c is assigned to both p and q. In the first loop, since only q is incremented and not c , the value 2 will be printed 5 times. In second loop p itself is incremented. So the values 2 3 4 6 5 will be printed.
      
6.  main()
{
       extern int i;
       i=20;
printf("%d",i);
}
               Answer: 
Linker Error : Undefined symbol '_i'

Explanation:
             extern storage class in the following declaration,
                                  extern int i;
specifies to the compiler that the memory for i is allocated in some other program and that address will be given to the current program at the time of linking. But linker finds that no other variable of name i is available in any other program with memory space allocated for it. Hence a linker error has occurred .

7.  main()
{
       int i=-1,j=-1,k=0,l=2,m;
       m=i++&&j++&&k++||l++;
       printf("%d %d %d %d %d",i,j,k,l,m);
}
Answer:
              0 0 1 3 1
Explanation :
Logical operations always give a result of 1 or 0 . And also the logical AND (&&) operator has higher priority over the logical OR (||) operator. So the expression  ‘i++ && j++ && k++’ is executed first. The result of this expression is 0    (-1 && -1 && 0 = 0). Now the expression is 0 || 2 which evaluates to 1 (because OR operator always gives 1 except for ‘0 || 0’ combination- for which it gives 0). So the value of m is 1. The values of other variables are also incremented by 1.

8.  main()
{
       char *p;
       printf("%d %d ",sizeof(*p),sizeof(p));
}

Answer:
              1 2
Explanation:
The sizeof() operator gives the number of bytes taken by its operand. P is a character pointer, which needs one byte for storing its value (a character). Hence sizeof(*p) gives a value of 1. Since it needs two bytes to store the address of the character pointer sizeof(p) gives 2.

9.  main()
{
       int i=3;
       switch(i)
        {
           default:printf("zero");
           case 1: printf("one");
                 break;
          case 2:printf("two");
                break;
         case 3: printf("three");
                break;
         } 
}
Answer :
three
Explanation :
The default case can be placed anywhere inside the loop. It is executed only when all other cases doesn't match.

10.      main()
{
         printf("%x",-1<<4);
}
Answer:
fff0
Explanation :
-1 is internally represented as all 1's. When left shifted four times the least significant 4 bits are filled with 0's.The %x format specifier specifies that the integer value be printed as a hexadecimal value.

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