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8. Pointers
Week : 8 Duration : 60 mins

1.What is the output of this program?

main()
{ int i;
float *pf;
pf = (float *)&i;
*pf = 100.00;
printf(“\n %d”, i);
}
a) Runtime error. b) 100
c) Some Integer not 100 d) None of the above

2.What is the output of this program?

main()
{ int (*functable[2])(char *format, ...) ={printf, scanf};
int i = 100;
(*functable[0])(“%d”, i);
(*functable[1])(“%d”, i);
(*functable[1])(“%d”, i);
(*functable[0])(“%d”, &i);
}
a) 100, Runtime error.
b) 100, Random number, Random number, Random number.
c) Compile error
d) 100, Random number

3. Find the output of this program?

main()
{ int i, j, *p;
i = 25;
j = 100;
p = &i; // Address of i is assigned to pointer p
printf(“%f”, i/(*p) ); // i is divided by pointer p
}
a) Runtime error b) 1.00000 c) Compile error d) 0.00000

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4.Predict the output of this program?

main()
{ char *p = “hello world”;
p[0] = ‘H’;
printf(“%s”, p);
}
a) Runtime error. b) “Hello world”
c) Compile error d) “hello world”

5.What is the output of this program?

main()
{ char * strA;
char * strB = I am OK;
memcpy( strA, strB, 6);
}
a) Runtime error. b) I am OK c) Compile error d) I am O

6.What is the output of this program?

struct Foo
{ char *pName;
};
main()
{ struct Foo *obj = malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));
clrscr();
strcpy(obj->pName,”Your Name”);
printf(“%s”, obj->pName);
}
a) Your Name b) compile error c) Name d) Runtime error

7.What is the output of this program?

struct Foo
{ char *pName;
char *pAddress;
};
main()
{ struct Foo *obj = malloc(sizeof(struct Foo));
clrscr();
obj->pName = malloc(100);
obj->pAddress = malloc(100);
strcpy(obj->pName,”Your Name”);
strcpy(obj->pAddress, “Your Address”);
free(obj);

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printf(“%s”, obj->pName);
printf(“%s”, obj->pAddress);
}
a) Your Name, Your Address b) Your Address, Your Address
c) Your Name Your Name d) None of the above

8.What is the output of this program?

main()
{ char *a = “Hello “;
char *b = “World”;
clrscr();
printf(“%s”, strcat(a,b));
}
a) Hello b) Hello World c) HelloWorld

9.Find the output of this program?

main()
{ char *a = “Hello “;
char *b = “World”;
clrscr();
printf(“%s”, strcpy(a,b));
}
a) Hello b) Hello World c) HelloWorld d) None of the above

10.What would be the output of following program?

main( )
{ int arr[ ] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 } ;
int *ptr ;
for ( ptr = arr + 4 ; ptr >= arr ; ptr-- )
printf ( “%d “, arr [ ptr - arr ] ) ;
}

11.What would be the output of following program

main( )
{ static int a[ ] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 } ;
static int *p[ ] = { a, a + 1, a + 2, a + 3, a + 4 };
int **ptr = p ;
printf ( “\n%u %d”, a, *a ) ;
printf ( “%u %u %d”, p, *p, **p );
printf ( “\n%u %u %d”, ptr, *ptr, **ptr ) ;
}

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12. What would be the output of following program?

main( )
{ static int a[ ] = { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 } ;
static int *p[ ] = { a, a + 1, a + 2, a + 3, a + 4 } ;
int **ptr = p ;
ptr++ ;
printf ( “\n%d %d %d”, ptr - p, *ptr - a, **ptr ) ;
*ptr++ ;
printf ( “\n%d %d %d”, ptr - p, *ptr - a, **ptr ) ;
*++ptr ;
printf ( “\n%d %d %d”, ptr - p, *ptr - a, **ptr ) ;
++*ptr ;
printf ( “\n%d %d %d”, ptr - p, *ptr - a, **ptr ) ;
}

13. What will be the output of the following program?

main( )
{ static int a[3][3] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } ;
static int *ptr[3] = { a[0], a[1], a[2] } ;
int **ptr1 = ptr ;
int i ;
printf ( “\n” ) ;
for ( i = 0 ; i <= 2 ; i++ )
printf ( “%d “, *ptr[i] ) ;
printf ( “\n” ) ;
for ( i = 0 ; i <= 2 ; i++ )
printf ( “%d “, *a[i] ) ;
printf ( “\n” ) ;
for ( i = 0 ; i <= 2 ; i++ )
{ printf ( “%d “, **ptr1 ) ;
ptr1++ ; }
}

14.What will be the output of the following program?

main( )
{ static char *s[ ] = {“ice”, “green”, “cone”, “please” } ;
staic char **ptr[ ] = { s + 3 , s + 2 , s + 1 , s } ;
char ***p = ptr ;
printf ( “\n%s” , **++p ) ;
printf ( “\n%s” , *--*++p + 3 ) ;
printf ( “\n%s” , *p[-2] + 3 ) ;
printf ( “\n%s” , p[-1][-1] + 1 ) ;
}

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15. What will be the output of the following program?

main( )
{ struct s1
{ char *z ;
int i ;
struct s1 *p ;
};
static struct s1 a[ ] = { { “Nagpur”, 1, a + 1 }, { “Raipur”, 2, a + 2 },
{ “Kanpur”, 3, a } } ;
struct s1 *ptr = a ;
printf ( “\n%s %s %s”, a[0].z, ptr->z, a[2].p->z ) ;
}

16.What will be the output of the following program?

main( )
{ char str[ ] = “For your eyes only” ;
int i ;
char *p ;
for ( p = str, i = 0 ; p + i <= str + strlen ( str ) ; p++, i++ )
printf ( “%c”, *( p + i ) ) ;
}

17. What will be the output of the following program?

main()
{ char s[ ]=”man”;
int i;
for(i=0;s[ i ];i++)
printf(“\n%c%c%c%c”,s[ i ],*(s+i),*(i+s),i[s]);
}

18. What is the output of the following program?

main()
{ int c[ ]={2.8,3.4,4,6.7,5};
int j,*p=c,*q=c;
for(j=0;j<5;j++)
{ printf(“ %d “,*c);
++q; }
for(j=0;j<5;j++)
{ printf(“ %d “,*p);
++p; }
}

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19.What will be the output of the following program?

main()
{ char *p;
printf(“%d %d “,sizeof(*p),sizeof(p));
}

20.Find the output of the following program?

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{ char s[]={‘a’,’b’,’c’,’\n’,’c’,’\0’};
char *p,*str,*str1;
p=&s[3];
str=p;
str1=s;
printf(“%d”,++*p + ++*str1-32);
}

21. What will be the output of the following program?

main()
{ char *p=”hai friends”,*p1;
p1=p;
while(*p!=’\0’) ++*p++;
printf(“%s %s”,p,p1);
}

22. What will be the output of the following program?

void main()
{ char far *farther,*farthest;
printf(“%d..%d”,sizeof(farther),sizeof(farthest));
}

23. Predict the output of the following program?

main()
{ char *p;
p=”Hello”;
printf(“%c\n”,*&*p);
}

24. What will be the output of the following program?

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{ int a[2][2][2] = { {10,2,3,4}, {5,6,7,8} };

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int *p,*q;
p=&a[2][2][2];
*q=***a;
printf(“%d----%d”,*p,*q);
}

25.Find the output of the following program?

main( )
{ int a[2][3][2] = {{{2,4},{7,8},{3,4}},{{2,2},{2,3},{3,4}}};
printf(“%u %u %u %d \n”,a,*a,**a,***a);
printf(“%u %u %u %d \n”,a+1,*a+1,**a+1,***a+1);
}

8. Assignment

26. What will be the output of the following program?

main( )
{ int a[ ] = {10,20,30,40,50},j,*p;
for(j=0; j<5; j++)
{ printf(“%d” ,*a);
a++; }
p = a;
for(j=0; j<5; j++)
{ printf(“%d ” ,*p);
p++; }
}

27. Predict the output of the following program?

main( )
{ static int a[ ] = {0,1,2,3,4};
int *p[ ] = {a,a+1,a+2,a+3,a+4};
int **ptr = p;
ptr++;
printf(“\n %d %d %d”, ptr-p, *ptr-a, **ptr);
*ptr++;
printf(“\n %d %d %d”, ptr-p, *ptr-a, **ptr);
*++ptr;
printf(“\n %d %d %d”, ptr-p, *ptr-a, **ptr);
++*ptr;
printf(“\n %d %d %d”, ptr-p, *ptr-a, **ptr);
}

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28. What will be the output of the following program?

main( )
{ char *q;
int j;
for (j=0; j<3; j++) scanf(“%s” ,(q+j));
for (j=0; j<3; j++) printf(“%c” ,*(q+j));
for (j=0; j<3; j++) printf(“%s” ,(q+j));
}

29.Find the output of the following program?

main( )
{ void *vp;
char ch = ‘g’, *cp = “goofy”;
int j = 20;
vp = &ch;
printf(“%c”, *(char *)vp);
vp = &j;
printf(“%d”,*(int *)vp);
vp = cp;
printf(“%s”,(char *)vp + 3);
}

30. What will be the output of the following program

main ( )
{ static char *s[ ] = {“black”, “white”, “yellow”, “violet”};
char **ptr[ ] = {s+3, s+2, s+1, s}, ***p;
p = ptr;
**++p;
printf(“%s”,*--*++p + 3);
}

31. Find the output of the following program?

main()
{ int i, n;
char *x = “girl”;
n = strlen(x);
*x = x[n];
for(i=0; i<n; ++i)
{ printf(“%s\n”,x);
x++;
}
}

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32. What will be the output of the following program

main()
{ int *j;
{ int i=10;
j=&i;
}
printf(“%d”,*j);
}

33. Predict the output of the following program?

main()
{ char *p;
int *q;
long *r;
p=q=r=0;
p++;
q++;
r++;
printf(“%p...%p...%p”,p,q,r);
}

34. What will be the output of the following program?

# include <stdio.h>
int one_d[]={1,2,3};
main()
{ int *ptr;
ptr=one_d;
ptr+=3;
printf(“%d”,*ptr);
}

35.What will be the output of the following program?

# include<stdio.h>
aaa()
{ printf(“hi”); }
bbb()
{ printf(“hello”); }
ccc()
{ printf(“bye”); }
main()
{ int (*ptr[3])();
ptr[0]=aaa;

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ptr[1]=bbb;
ptr[2]=ccc;
ptr[2]();
}

36.In the following program add a statement in the function fun such that the address
of ‘a’ gets stored in ‘j’.
main()\
{ int * j;
void fun(int **);
fun(&j);
}
void fun(int **k)
{ int a =0;
/* add a stmt here*/ }

37. What will be the output of the following program?

main()
{ char *p;
p=”%d\n”;
p++;
p++;
printf(p-2,300);
}

38. What will be the output of the following program?

void main()
{ void *v;
int integer=2;
int *i=&integer;
v=i;
printf(“%d”,(int*)*v);
}

39. Is the following statement a declaration/definition. Find what does it mean?

int (*x)[10];

40. What will be the output of the following program?

int swap(int *a,int *b)
{
*a=*a+*b;*b=*a-*b;*a=*a-*b;
}

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main()
{ int x=10,y=20;
swap(&x,&y);
printf(“x= %d y = %d\n”,x,y);
}

41. What will be the output of the following program?

main()
{ har *p = “ayqm”;
printf(“%c”,++*(p++));
}

42. What will be the output of the following program?

main()
{ char *p = “ayqm”;
char c;
c = ++*p++;
printf(“%c”,c);
}

43. What will be the output of the following program?

int aaa() {printf(“Hi”);}
int bbb(){printf(“hello”);}
int ccc(){printf(“bye”);}
main()
{ int ( * ptr[3]) ();
ptr[0] = aaa;
ptr[1] = bbb;
ptr[2] =ccc;
ptr[2]();
}

44. Find the output of the following program?

void ( * abc( int, void ( *def) () ) ) ();

45. Predict the output of the following program?

void main()
{ int *mptr, *cptr;
mptr = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int));
printf(“%d”,*mptr);
int *cptr = (int*)calloc(sizeof(int),1);
printf(“%d”,*cptr);
}

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