What will be the output of the program?

#include<stdio.h>
void fun(int **p);

int main()
{
    int a[3][4] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 8, 7, 8, 9, 0};
    int *ptr;
    ptr = &a[0][0];
    fun(&ptr);
    return 0;
}
void fun(int **p)
{
    printf("%d\n", **p);
}

Since C is a compiler dependent language, it may give different outputs at different platforms. We have given the TurboC Compiler (Windows) output.

Please try the above programs in Windows (Turbo-C Compiler) and Linux (GCC Compiler), you will understand the difference better.

Step 1: void fun(int, int[]); This prototype tells the compiler that the function fun() accepts one integer value and one array as an arguments and does not return anything.

Step 2: int arr[] = {1, 2, 3, 4}; The variable a is declared as an integer array and it is initialized to

a[0] = 1, a[1] = 2, a[2] = 3, a[3] = 4

Step 3: int i; The variable i is declared as an integer type.

Step 4: fun(4, arr); This function does not affect the output of the program. Let's skip this function.

Step 5: for(i=0; i<4; i++) { printf("%d,", arr[i]); } The for loop runs untill the variable i is less than '4' and it prints the each value of array a.

Hence the output of the program is 1,2,3,4

The sizeof function return the given variable. Example: float a=10; sizeof(a) is 4 bytes

Step 1: float arr[] = {12.4, 2.3, 4.5, 6.7}; The variable arr is declared as an floating point array and it is initialized with the values.

Step 2: printf("%d\n", sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]));

The variable arr has 4 elements. The size of the float variable is 4 bytes.

Hence 4 elements x 4 bytes = 16 bytes

sizeof(arr[0]) is 4 bytes

Hence 16/4 is 4 bytes

Hence the output of the program is '4'.

Step 1: int arr[] = {12, 14, 15, 23, 45}; The variable arr is declared as an integer array and initialized.

Step 2: printf("%u, %u\n", arr, &arr); Here,

The base address of the array is 65486.

=> arr, &arr is pointing to the base address of the array arr.

Hence the output of the program is 65486, 65486

Step 1: int a[3][4] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 7, 8, 9, 0}; The array a[3][4] is declared as an integer array having the 3 rows and 4 colums dimensions.

Step 2: printf("%u, %u\n", a+1, &a+1);

The base address(also the address of the first element) of array is 65472.

For a two-dimensional array like a reference to array has type "pointer to array of 4 ints". Therefore, a+1 is pointing to the memory location of first element of the second row in array a. Hence 65472 + (4 ints * 2 bytes) = 65480

Then, &a has type "pointer to array of 3 arrays of 4 ints", totally 12 ints. Therefore, &a+1 denotes "12 ints * 2 bytes * 1 = 24 bytes".

Hence, begining address 65472 + 24 = 65496. So, &a+1 = 65496

Hence the output of the program is 65480, 65496

Step 1: int arr[]={2, 3, 4, 1, 6}; The variable arr is declared as an integer array and initialized.

Step 2: printf("%u, %u, %u\n", arr, &arr[0], &arr); Here,

The base address of the array is 1200.

=> arr, &arr is pointing to the base address of the array arr.

=> &arr[0] is pointing to the address of the first element array arr. (ie. base address)

Hence the output of the program is 1200, 1200, 1200

Step 1: int a[5] = {5, 1, 15, 20, 25}; The variable arr is declared as an integer array with a size of 5 and it is initialized to

a[0] = 5, a[1] = 1, a[2] = 15, a[3] = 20, a[4] = 25 .

Step 2: int i, j, m; The variable i,j,m are declared as an integer type.

Step 3: i = ++a[1]; becomes i = ++1; Hence i = 2 and a[1] = 2

Step 4: j = a[1]++; becomes j = 2++; Hence j = 2 and a[1] = 3.

Step 5: m = a[i++]; becomes m = a[2]; Hence m = 15 and i is incremented by 1(i++ means 2++ so i=3)

Step 6: printf("%d, %d, %d", i, j, m); It prints the value of the variables i, j, m

Hence the output of the program is 3, 2, 15

Step 1: int arr[1]={10}; The variable arr[1] is declared as an integer array with size '2' and it's first element is initialized to value '10'(means arr[0]=10)

Step 2: printf("%d\n", 0[arr]); It prints the first element value of the variable arr.

Hence the output of the program is 10.