C Programming - Pointers - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Pointers - True / False Questions (Q.No. 3)
3.
The following program reports an error on compilation.
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
    float i=10, *j;
    void *k;
    k=&i;
    j=k;
    printf("%f\n", *j);
    return 0;
}
True
False
Answer: Option
Explanation:
This program will NOT report any error. (Tested in Turbo C under DOS and GCC under Linux)

The output: 10.000000
Discussion:
23 comments Page 2 of 3.

Suki said:   1 decade ago
Can you explain what is typecast?

Rahul said:   1 decade ago
The above code is correct. It gave no error during compilation or during running in gcc.

Tripti said:   1 decade ago
It produce an error b/c j does not define as a double pointer and we send in it an address of address.

Vidhiyasri said:   1 decade ago
It is very useful and I will try my best.

Patel said:   1 decade ago
What is meaning of void *k.

Anjaneyareddy said:   1 decade ago
Everything is ok. But 1 thing I can't understood. After printing float value 10.000000. Why printed 6 0's?

Chipku said:   1 decade ago
Can k=&i possible?

Suman said:   10 years ago
This program gives error.

Error 1: error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'float *'.

2 IntelliSense: A value of type "void *" cannot be assigned to an entity of type "float *".

Sboy said:   9 years ago
Invalid conversion compile time error in codeblocks windows.

Siya said:   9 years ago
What is meant by typecasting?


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