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C Pointer Basics
Last Updated : Mar 19, 2024 Discuss
Question 1
What is the output of following program?
# include <stdio.h>
void fun(int x)
{
x = 30;
}
int main()
{
int y = 20;
fun(y);
printf("%d", y);
return 0;
}
A 30
B 20
C Compiler Error
D Runtime Error
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Question 2
Output of following program?
# include <stdio.h>
void fun(int *ptr)
{
*ptr = 30;
}
int main()
{
int y = 20;
fun(&y);
printf("%d", y);
return 0;
}
A 20
B 30
C Compiler Error
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Question 3
Output of following program?
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
int *ptr;
int x;
ptr = &x;
*ptr = 0;
printf(" x = %d\\n", x);
printf(" *ptr = %d\\n", *ptr);
*ptr += 5;
printf(" x = %d\\n", x);
printf(" *ptr = %d\\n", *ptr);
(*ptr)++;
printf(" x = %d\\n", x);
printf(" *ptr = %d\\n", *ptr);
return 0;
}
x=0
*ptr = 0
A
x=5
*ptr = 5
x=6
*ptr = 6
x = garbage value
*ptr = 0
B
x = garbage value
*ptr = 5
x = garbage value
*ptr = 6
x=0
*ptr = 0
C
x=5
*ptr = 5
x = garbage value
*ptr = garbage value
x=0
*ptr = 0
D
x=0
*ptr = 0
x=0
*ptr = 0
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Question 4
Consider a compiler where int takes 4 bytes, char takes 1 byte and pointer takes 4 bytes.
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int main()
{
int arri[] = {1, 2 ,3};
int *ptri = arri;
char arrc[] = {1, 2 ,3};
char *ptrc = arrc;
printf("sizeof arri[] = %d ", sizeof(arri));
printf("sizeof ptri = %d ", sizeof(ptri));
printf("sizeof arrc[] = %d ", sizeof(arrc));
printf("sizeof ptrc = %d ", sizeof(ptrc));
return 0;
}
A sizeof arri[] = 3 sizeof ptri = 4 sizeof arrc[] = 3 sizeof ptrc = 4
B sizeof arri[] = 12 sizeof ptri = 4 sizeof arrc[] = 3 sizeof ptrc = 1
C sizeof arri[] = 3 sizeof ptri = 4 sizeof arrc[] = 3 sizeof ptrc = 1
D sizeof arri[] = 12 sizeof ptri = 4 sizeof arrc[] = 3 sizeof ptrc = 4
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Question 5
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
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Question 6
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
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int *ptr2 = arr + 5;
printf("Number of elements between two pointer are: %d.",
(ptr2 - ptr1));
printf("Number of bytes between two pointers are: %d",
(char*)ptr2 - (char*) ptr1);
return 0;
}
Assume that an int variable takes 4 bytes and a char variable takes 1 byte
A Number of elements between two pointer are: 5. Number of bytes between two pointers are: 20
B Number of elements between two pointer are: 20. Number of bytes between two pointers are: 20
C Number of elements between two pointer are: 5. Number of bytes between two pointers are: 5
D Compiler Error
E Runtime Error
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Question 7
#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int a;
char *x;
x = (char *) &a;
a = 512;
x[0] = 1;
x[1] = 2;
printf("%d\\n",a);
return 0;
}
What is the output of above program?
A Machine dependent
B 513
C 258
D Compiler Error
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Question 8
int main()
{
char *ptr = "GeeksQuiz";
printf("%c", *&*&*ptr);
return 0;
}
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A Compiler Error
B Garbage Value
C Runtime Error
D G
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Question 9
#include<stdio.h>
void fun(int arr[])
{
int i;
int arr_size = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
for (i = 0; i < arr_size; i++)
printf("%d ", arr[i]);
}
int main()
{
int i;
int arr[4] = {10, 20 ,30, 40};
fun(arr);
return 0;
}
A 10 20 30 40
B Machine Dependent
C 10 20
D Northing
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Question 10
The reason for using pointers in a C program is
A Pointers allow different functions to share and modify their local variables.
B To pass large structures so that complete copy of the structure can be avoided.
C Pointers enable complex “linked" data structures like linked lists and binary trees.
D All of the above
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