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-Runtime Error
 
-Runtime Error
  
||Since p is a char pointer p+2 will add 2 to p (since sizeof(char) is 1). So, p+2 will be pointing to the string "llo World"
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||Since p is a char pointer p+2 will add 2 to p (since sizeof(char) is 1). So, p+2 will be pointing to the string "llo World".
  
 
{'''What will be the output of the following code?'''
 
{'''What will be the output of the following code?'''
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-Compile Error
 
-Compile Error
  
||p is typecasted to char pointer and then dereferenced. So, returned type will be char and sizeof(char) is 1
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||p is typecasted to char pointer and then dereferenced. So, returned type will be char and sizeof(char) is 1.
  
 
{'''Is the following code legal?'''
 
{'''Is the following code legal?'''
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+Yes
 
+Yes
 
-No
 
-No
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||On a little endian machine the lower address will contain the least significant byte. Suppose a is stored at address 1000 and contains 1, then character at 1000 will be 1, if the machine is little endian.
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{'''What will be the output of the following code?'''
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<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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#include<stdio.h>
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int main()
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{
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  int *a = (int*) 1;
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  printf("%d", a);
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}
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</syntaxhighlight>
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|type="()"
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/}
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-Garbage value
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+1
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-0
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-Compile error
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-Segmentation fault
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||Assigning int values to pointer variable is possible. Only when we dereference the variable using *, we get a segmentation fault.
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 +
{'''What will be the output of the following code?'''
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<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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#include<stdio.h>
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 +
int main()
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{
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  int a = 1, *p, **pp;
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  p = &a;
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  pp = p;
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  printf("%d", **pp);
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}
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</syntaxhighlight>
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|type="()"
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/}
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-Garbage value
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-1
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-Compile error
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+Segmentation fault
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||Here, p is having address of a and the same is copied to pp. So, *pp will give 1 which is contained in a, but **p will use 1 as an address and tries to access the memory location 1, giving segmentation fault.
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{'''What will be the output of the following code?'''
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<syntaxhighlight lang="c">
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#include<stdio.h>
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int main()
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{
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  int a = 1, *p, **pp;
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  p = &a;
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  pp = p;
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  printf("%d", *pp);
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}
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</syntaxhighlight>
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|type="()"
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/}
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+1
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-Garbage value
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-Compile error
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-Segmentation fault
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||Here, p is having address of a and the same is copied to pp. So, *pp will give 1 which is contained in a.
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{'''Assuming a little endian machine, what will be the output of the following program?'''
 
{'''Assuming a little endian machine, what will be the output of the following program?'''
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-Runtime error
 
-Runtime error
 
-Compiler dependent output
 
-Compiler dependent output
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||The code is printing the binary equivalent of the input number. Suppose a is stored starting from address 1000. Since, we assume a little endian machine, the LSB of a will be stored at address 1000 and MSB will be stored at address 1003. So, we make a char pointer to 1003 and take out the MSB. Then using shift operator we get the most significant 4 bits from it and then the lest significant 4 bits. We repeat the same for the other three bytes of a.
 
</quiz>
 
</quiz>

Latest revision as of 20:18, 16 June 2014

<quiz display="simple"> {What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a = 5;
 int* p = &a;
 printf("%d", ++*p);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="{}" /} { 6 } ||p is pointing to the address of a. *p will return the content of a which is 5 and ++ will increment it to 6.


{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 char a[] = "Hello World";
 char* p = &a;
 printf("%s", p+2 );

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} -Compiler Error -World +llo World -Runtime Error

||Since p is a char pointer p+2 will add 2 to p (since sizeof(char) is 1). So, p+2 will be pointing to the string "llo World".

{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a;
 int* p = &a;
 printf("%zu", sizeof( *(char*)p  ));

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /}

+1 -2 -4 -Compile Error

||p is typecasted to char pointer and then dereferenced. So, returned type will be char and sizeof(char) is 1.

{Is the following code legal? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a = 1;
 if((char*)  &a)
 {
   printf("My machine is little endian");
 }
 else
 {
    printf("My machine is big endian\n");
 }

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} +Yes -No ||On a little endian machine the lower address will contain the least significant byte. Suppose a is stored at address 1000 and contains 1, then character at 1000 will be 1, if the machine is little endian.

{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int *a = (int*) 1;
 printf("%d", a);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} -Garbage value +1 -0 -Compile error -Segmentation fault ||Assigning int values to pointer variable is possible. Only when we dereference the variable using *, we get a segmentation fault.

{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a = 1, *p, **pp;
 p = &a;
 pp = p;
 printf("%d", **pp);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} -Garbage value -1 -Compile error +Segmentation fault ||Here, p is having address of a and the same is copied to pp. So, *pp will give 1 which is contained in a, but **p will use 1 as an address and tries to access the memory location 1, giving segmentation fault.

{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a = 1, *p, **pp;
 p = &a;
 pp = p;
 printf("%d", *pp);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} +1 -Garbage value -Compile error -Segmentation fault ||Here, p is having address of a and the same is copied to pp. So, *pp will give 1 which is contained in a.


{Assuming a little endian machine, what will be the output of the following program? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

fun(int a) {

 char *arr[] = {"0000", "0001","0010","0011","0100","0101","0110","0111","1000","1001","1010","1011","1100","1101","1110","1111"};
 unsigned char* p = (unsigned char*) &a ;
 p+=3;
 int i;
 for(i = 0; i < sizeof a; i++)
 {
   int d = (*p)>>4; 
   printf("%s", arr[d]);
   d = (*p) & 0xf;
   printf("%s ", arr[d]);
   p--;
 }

}

int main() {

int a;
scanf("%d", &a);
fun(a);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} +Print the binary of the input number -Compile error -Runtime error -Compiler dependent output ||The code is printing the binary equivalent of the input number. Suppose a is stored starting from address 1000. Since, we assume a little endian machine, the LSB of a will be stored at address 1000 and MSB will be stored at address 1003. So, we make a char pointer to 1003 and take out the MSB. Then using shift operator we get the most significant 4 bits from it and then the lest significant 4 bits. We repeat the same for the other three bytes of a. </quiz>

<quiz display="simple"> {What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a = 5;
 int* p = &a;
 printf("%d", ++*p);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="{}" /} { 6 } ||p is pointing to the address of a. *p will return the content of a which is 5 and ++ will increment it to 6.


{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 char a[] = "Hello World";
 char* p = &a;
 printf("%s", p+2 );

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} -Compiler Error -World +llo World -Runtime Error

||Since p is a char pointer p+2 will add 2 to p (since sizeof(char) is 1). So, p+2 will be pointing to the string "llo World"

{What will be the output of the following code? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a;
 int* p = &a;
 printf("%zu", sizeof( *(char*)p  ));

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /}

+1 -2 -4 -Compile Error

||p is typecasted to char pointer and then dereferenced. So, returned type will be char and sizeof(char) is 1

{Is the following code legal? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

int main() {

 int a = 1;
 if((char*)  &a)
 {
   printf("My machine is little endian");
 }
 else
 {
    printf("My machine is big endian\n");
 }

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} +Yes -No

{Assuming a little endian machine, what will be the output of the following program? <syntaxhighlight lang="c">

  1. include<stdio.h>

fun(int a) {

 char *arr[] = {"0000", "0001","0010","0011","0100","0101","0110","0111","1000","1001","1010","1011","1100","1101","1110","1111"};
 unsigned char* p = (unsigned char*) &a ;
 p+=3;
 int i;
 for(i = 0; i < sizeof a; i++)
 {
   int d = (*p)>>4; 
   printf("%s", arr[d]);
   d = (*p) & 0xf;
   printf("%s ", arr[d]);
   p--;
 }

}

int main() {

int a;
scanf("%d", &a);
fun(a);

} </syntaxhighlight> |type="()" /} +Print the binary of the input number -Compile error -Runtime error -Compiler dependent output </quiz>