#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a[5] = {1,2,3,4,5};
int *ptr = (int*)(&a+1);
printf("%d %d", *(a+1), *(ptr-1));
return 0;
}
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(A) 2 5
(B) Garbage Value
(C) Compiler Error
(D) Segmentation Fault
Answer: (A)
Explanation: The program prints “2 5″.
Since compilers convert array operations in pointers before accessing the array elements, (a+1) points to 2.
The expression (&a + 1) is actually an address just after end of array ( after address of 5 ) because &a contains address of an item of size 5*integer_size and when we do (&a + 1) the pointer is incremented by 5*integer_size.
ptr is type-casted to int * so when we do ptr -1, we get address of 5
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