C Programming - Pointers - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Pointers - Find Output of Program (Q.No. 5)
5.
What will be the output of the program If the integer is 4bytes long?
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int ***r, **q, *p, i=8;
    p = &i;
    q = &p;
    r = &q;
    printf("%d, %d, %d\n", *p, **q, ***r);
    return 0;
}
8, 8, 8
4000, 4002, 4004
4000, 4004, 4008
4000, 4008, 4016
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
35 comments Page 2 of 4.

Akshansh Yadav said:   9 years ago
Great explanations. Thank you all.

Keerthana said:   9 years ago
Thanks for your answers.

Shefali said:   9 years ago
@Jyothi is explained well.

Abi said:   9 years ago
@All. Thank you for the explanation.

Sujan said:   9 years ago
p=&i;
therefore, *p=i; -> *p=8;

q=&p;
therefor, *q=p; **q=*p; -> **q=8;

r=&q;
therefor *r=q; **r=*q; ***r=**q=8!

Harendra gotla said:   9 years ago
Thank you @Sumallika, the way you solve the problem is clever and easy to understand.

Manjiri shastri said:   10 years ago
Can you please tell me how it work? I mean how pointer storing the address?

Sumallika said:   1 decade ago
p=&i
*p=*(&i)=i
so *p=8;

q=&p,
*q=*(&p)=p,
**q=*p,
**q=8;

r=&q,
*r=*(&q)=q
**r=*q,
***r=**q,
***r=8

Ramya said:   1 decade ago
Here r contains ***r so it point the i pointer variable.

And q contain the ** pointer variable. And p contain the * pointer variable so it point the i pointer address value.

Shashank sinha said:   1 decade ago
Thanx Jyoti


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