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The number of tokens in the following C statement is

printf("HELLO WORLD");

(A)

3

(B)

5

(C)

9

(D)

8


Answer: (B)

Explanation:

In a C source program, the basic element recognized by the compiler is the “token.” A token is source-program text that the compiler does not break down into component elements. There are 6 types of C tokens : identifiers, keywords, constants, operators, string literals and other separators. There are total 5 tokens in the above printf statement. Below are tokens in above program.

printf
(
"HELLO WORLD"
)
;


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Last Updated : 01 Sep, 2021
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