GATE | GATE CS 2012 | Question 3

What will be the output of the following C program segment?

char inchar = 'A';
switch (inchar)
{
case 'A' :
    printf ("choice A \n") ;
case 'B' :
    printf ("choice B ") ;
case 'C' :
case 'D' :
case 'E' :
default:
    printf ("No Choice") ;
}

(A)

No choice

(B)

Choice A

(C)

Choice A
Choice B No choice

(D)

Program gives no output as it is erroneous

Answer: (C)

Explanation: There is no break statement in case ‘A’. If a case is executed and it doesn’t contain break, then all the subsequent cases are executed until a break statement is found. That is why everything inside the switch is printed.
Try following program as an exercise.

int main()
{
    char inchar = 'A';
    switch (inchar)
    {
    case 'A' :
        printf ("choice A \n") ;
    case 'B' :
    {
        printf ("choice B") ;
        break;
    }
    case 'C' :
    case 'D' :
    case 'E' :
    default:
        printf ("No Choice") ;
    }
}

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