Output of C Programs | Set 4
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23 Jul, 2025
Predict the output of below programs Question 1
c
#include‹stdio.h›
int main()
{
struct site
{
char name[] = "GeeksforGeeks";
int no_of_pages = 200;
};
struct site *ptr;
printf("%d",ptr->no_of_pages);
printf("%s",ptr->name);
getchar();
return 0;
}
Output:
Compiler error
Explanation:
Note the difference between structure/union declaration and variable declaration. When you declare a structure, you actually declare a new data type suitable for your purpose. So you cannot initialize values as it is not a variable declaration but a data type declaration.
Reference:
https://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~liberti/public/computing/prog/c/C/SYNTAX/struct.html
Question 2
c
int main()
{
char a[2][3][3] = {'g','e','e','k','s','f','o',
'r','g','e','e','k','s'};
printf("%s ", **a);
getchar();
return 0;
}
Output:
geeksforgeeks
Explanation:
We have created a 3D array that should have 2*3*3 (= 18) elements, but we are initializing only 13 of them. In C when we initialize less no of elements in an array all uninitialized elements become '\0' in case of char and 0 in case of integers.
Question 3
c
int main()
{
char str[]= "geeks\nforgeeks";
char *ptr1, *ptr2;
ptr1 = &str[3];
ptr2 = str + 5;
printf("%c", ++*str - --*ptr1 + *ptr2 + 2);
printf("%s", str);
getchar();
return 0;
}
Output:
heejs
forgeeks
Explanation:
Initially ptr1 points to 'k' and ptr2 points to '\n' in "geeks\nforgeeks". In print statement value at str is incremented by 1 and value at ptr1 is decremented by 1. So string becomes "heejs\nforgeeks" .
First print statement becomes
printf("%c", 'h' - 'j' + '\n' + 2)
'h' - 'j' + '\n' + 2 = -2 + '\n' + 2 = '\n'
First print statements newline character. and next print statement prints "heejs\nforgeeks".
Question 4
c
#include <stdio.h>
int fun(int n)
{
int i, j, sum = 0;
for(i = 1;i<=n;i++)
for(j=i;j<=i;j++)
sum=sum+j;
return(sum);
}
int main()
{
printf("%d", fun(15));
getchar();
return 0;
}
Output: 120
Explanation: fun(n) calculates sum of first n integers or we can say it returns n(n+1)/2.
Question 5
c
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int c = 5, no = 1000;
do {
no /= c;
} while(c--);
printf ("%d\n", no);
return 0;
}
Output: Exception - Divide by zero
Explanation: There is a bug in the above program. It goes inside the do-while loop for c = 0 also. Be careful when you are using do-while loop like this!!
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