C Programming - Arrays - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Arrays - Find Output of Program (Q.No. 7)
7.
What will be the output of the program in Turb C (under DOS)?
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int arr[5], i=0;
    while(i<5)
        arr[i]=++i;

    for(i=0; i<5; i++)
        printf("%d, ", arr[i]);

    return 0;
}
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
Garbage value, 1, 2, 3, 4,
0, 1, 2, 3, 4,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Since C is a compiler dependent language, it may give different outputs at different platforms. We have given the TurboC Compiler (Windows) output.

Please try the above programs in Windows (Turbo-C Compiler) and Linux (GCC Compiler), you will understand the difference better.

Discussion:
38 comments Page 2 of 4.

Rupesh kumar jha said:   8 years ago
It depends upon compiler, the order of execution. In my system, linux (Ubuntu) GCC compiler it is giving output 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Rishabh Manikpuri said:   8 years ago
Its answer is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and how does it showing garbage value in first place?

Dnyanu said:   8 years ago
Yes, Agree @Manoj.

Manoj kumar said:   9 years ago
When an array is partially initialised. Remaining elements will be turn out to be zero. So, I feel option is c.

Umar said:   9 years ago
Why there is a garbage value?

at this:
"int arr[5], i=0;
while(i<5)
arr[i]=++i;"

The value stored in arr[0]=1 which is (++0) , then why it showed garbage value?

I am not understanding the logic, please someone help me.

Shreyash said:   10 years ago
It will be option C i.e 1.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4.

Pooja dev said:   1 decade ago
But [] has higher precedence over = and ++.

Kalyan said:   1 decade ago
It will gives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 how it will gives garbage value?

Nandhinivijayan said:   1 decade ago
What is meant by garbage value? How it is identified? Any one explain me clearly ASAP?

Azhar said:   1 decade ago
a++ and ++a is same when we are not assigning any variable to it.

Suppose given int a=1;

Then a++ = 2.
& ++a = also 2.

But give int a = 1, b = 1;

Find.
a = b++.
a = ++b.

Here b++ is post increment and ++b is pre increment, in ++b first increment the value of b by 1 then evaluate it & in b++ (post increment) first evaluate then increment it.

Eg: Pre increment value of b is 1 after increment it becomes 2, now evaluate, evaluate means a=b, the value of b is assign to a, so a=2.

So o/p is 1 = 2 b = 2.
Eg: For post increment.

First evaluate the value i.e a = b then increment the b value. O/p a = 1, b = 2.
Same for decrement.

Note: The value will change a/c to compiler.


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