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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