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Discussion Forum : Input / Output - Find Output of Program (Q.No. 6)
6.
What will be the output of the program ?
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("%c\n", ~('C'*-1));
    return 0;
}
A
B
C
D
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Chandan kumar said:   1 decade ago
Hope it will help you.

67*-1 = -67;

Binary representation of 67: 01000011.

-67 can be represented as 2's complement of 67.

So we will compute 2's complement of 67.

1's complement of 01000011 is 10111100.

After adding 1 in the result we get: 10111101. (2's complement of 67 i.e -67)
~ (10111101) = 01000010(66).

66 is ASCII value of B so on execution of the program B is printed.

Mohd pv vanimal said:   7 years ago
include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("%d\n", 'C'); //67
printf("%d\n", 'C' * -1); //-67
printf("%d\n", ~('C' * - 1)); //66
printf("%c\n",~('C' * -1)); //B
return 0;
}

In 2's complement, the value of ~(-67) is 66.
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Digvijay said:   3 years ago
ASCII value of 67 is (01000011).

67*-1= -67.


In C negative values are treated with 2's complement so its 1's complement is 10111100 + 1.
Its 2's complement is 10111101.

Now apply ~ to its 2's complement.

Therefore it becomes- 01000010.
It's the ASCII value of B(66).
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Vallabh said:   1 decade ago
ASCII value of 'C'=67 (01000011)
67*-1=-67
in C negative values are treated with 2's compliment
so its 1's compliment is 10111100
and its 2's compliment is 10111101

Now apply ~ to its 2's compliment and it becomes 01000010 that is nothing but the ASCII value of B(66).

Prasad said:   1 decade ago
Hey just to avoid confusion.

(<number>*-1)= multiplying <number> by -1 = 2's compliment.

~(number)= 1's compliment.(just inverting the binary digit)

Hope this helps.

Vivek said:   1 decade ago
For using ~
first we will add 1 to the number and then we will change the sign.
for ex:
-67
-67+1=-66
and now we will change the sign that is equal to 66
how we use this sign ~.

Dhan said:   1 decade ago
For -67 we can calculate the binary value by:

First find binary value for 67
67=01000011
take 1's complement:
that is make 0's complement and add 1
10111100+1=10111101

Chaudhary paresh said:   1 decade ago
('C'*-1)--> ASCII Value of C equal to 67 so statement become(67*-1)=-67
~ indicate one's complement in c
~(-67)=66 so 66 ASCII value of character 'B'

Hariraj said:   2 decades ago
ASCII Value of 'C' is 67.

67*-1=-67

applying bitwise not(~) to -67 will result in 66, which is the ASCII value of 'B'.

Sindhu said:   1 decade ago
Is ~ of all negative numbers result in positive numbers whose value is one less than its negative value?


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