C Programming - Memory Allocation - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Memory Allocation - Find Output of Program (Q.No. 6)
6.
Assume integer is 2 bytes wide. What will be the output of the following code?
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#define MAXROW 3
#define MAXCOL 4

int main()
{
    int (*p)[MAXCOL];
    p = (int (*) [MAXCOL])malloc(MAXROW *sizeof(*p));
    printf("%d, %d\n", sizeof(p), sizeof(*p));
    return 0;
}
2, 8
4, 16
8, 24
16, 32
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
24 comments Page 2 of 3.

Nitika mishra said:   1 decade ago
Why does the line p = (int (*) [MAXCOL])malloc(MAXROW *sizeof(*p)); has no effect?

Can anyone explain its reason in detail. Please?

Ashish kumar said:   1 decade ago
Because total memory allocate is 24 byte. But p allocate the first block of memory.

Shrinivas said:   2 decades ago
Can any one please explain how did we get the above answer ?

Rutuja said:   1 decade ago
@Ritu.

Here sizeof (*p) indicates size of data which is pointed by p which is (2*4) =8.

And sizeof (p) indicates size of integer pointer p which is 2.

Xyz said:   1 decade ago
p is a pointer pointing to array of intergers of size 4
As size of integer is 2 bytes then it becomes totally 2*4=8 bytes
i.e sizeof(*p) = 8 bytes

Hari said:   1 decade ago
"*" indicates address of the pointer

Ritu said:   1 decade ago
What does "*" indicates there?

Durgam_anil said:   1 decade ago
p is a pointer pointing to array of intergers of size 4
As size of integer is 2 bytes then it becomes totally 2*4=8 bytes
i.e sizeof(*p) = 8 bytes

where as
sizeof(p) = 2 bytes as p is integer as holds the address in unsigned integer form.

Nirbhay singh said:   1 decade ago
A pointer which hold address always takes 4 byte(linex)
sothat sizeof(p) gives 4

Divya said:   1 decade ago
thanks


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