C | Pointer Basics | Question 17
Assume that float takes 4 bytes, predict the output of following program.
#include <stdio.h> int main(){ float arr[5] = {12.5, 10.0, 13.5, 90.5, 0.5}; float *ptr1 = &arr[0]; float *ptr2 = ptr1 + 3; printf("%f ", *ptr2); printf("%d", ptr2 - ptr1); return 0;} |
(A) 90.500000
3
(B) 90.500000
12
(C) 10.000000
12
(D) 0.500000
3
Answer: (A)
Explanation: When we add a value x to a pointer p, the value of the resultant expression is p + x*sizeof(*p) where sizeof(*p) means size of data type pointed by p. That is why ptr2 is incremented to point to arr[3] in the above code. Same rule applies for subtraction. Note that only integral values can be added or subtracted from a pointer. We can also subtract or compare two pointers of same type.
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