By : Nanda Kishor K N

Mail ID : nandakishor
kn@rediffmail.com
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Topic :
Playing with 'printf()' statement
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* NOTE : All the programs are tested under Turbo C/C++ compilers.
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[Q001]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf();
}
(a)Run-Time Error
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)No Output
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since there must be enough arguments for the format.
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[Q002]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf(NULL);
}
(a)Run-Time Error
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)No Output
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) Since NULL is a constant value or NULL pointer value or a NULL string.
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[Q003]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("%%",7);
}
(a)7
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)%
(d)%%
Ans. (c) Since % is a format specifier & excess arguments (more than required by
the format) are
merely ignored.
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[Q004]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("//",5);
}
(a)5
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)/
(d)//
Ans. (d) Since / is an escape sequence character & excess arguments (more than r
equired by the format) are merely ignored.
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[Q005]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("d%",8);
}
(a)8
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)d%
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) Since excess arguments (more than required by the format) are merely ig
nored.
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[Q006]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("%d"+0,123);
}
(a)123
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)No Output
(d)None of these
Ans. (a) "%d"+0 has no effect on the output operation.
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[Q007]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("%d"+1,123);
}
(a)123
(b)Compile-Time Error
(c)d
(d)No Output
Ans. (c) "%d"+1 (i.e 1 or > 0) affects the program output by considering "%d" as
string and ignores 123
Where 1 refers to the index i.e. 2nd character in the array or string "%d".

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[Q008]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("%d",printf("Hi!")+printf("Bye"));
}
(a)ByeHi!6
(b)Hi!Bye6
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since L->R priority & the length of the strings 'Hi!' & 'Bye' is 3+3=6
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[Q009]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("%d",printf("Hi!")*printf("Bye"));
}
(a)ByeHi!6
(b)Hi!Bye9
(c)Hi!Bye
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since L->R priority & the length of the strings 'Hi!' & 'Bye' is 3*3=9
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[Q010]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("%d",printf("")+printf(""));
}
(a)0
(b)No Output
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (a) Since L->R priority & the length of the 2 empty strings are : 0+0=0
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[Q011]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("Hi Friends"+3);
}
(a)Hi Friends
(b)Friends
(c)Hi Friends3
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since (base adress)+0 points to the value 'H'. Now the NEW (base addres
s) equals
(base address)+3 that points to the character 'F'. Thus it prints the string fro
m 'F' onwards.
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[Q012]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("C For ") + printf("Swimmers");
}
(a)Compile-Time Error (b)C For Swimmers
(c)Run-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) It is a VALID C statement. Change the operators but the output remains
same(NO EFFECT).
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[Q013]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("\/\*\-*\/");
}
(a)Run-Time Error
(b)\/*-*\/
(c)/*-*/
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) Since \ is an escape sequence character. Be careful while analyzing suc
h statements.
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[Q014]. What will be the output of the following program :
int main()
{
int main=7;
{
printf("%d",main);
return main;
}
printf("Bye");
}
(a)Compile-Time Error (b)Run-Time Error
(c)7Bye
(d)7
Ans. (d) It is a VALID C statement. Prints 7 and returns the same to the OS. NOT
E: Last printf
statement will not be executed.
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[Q015]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
main();
}
(a)Compile-Time Error (b)Run-Time Error
(c)Infinite Loop
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) It is a VALID C statement. It is like a recursive function & the statem
ents get executed
infinite number of times.
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[Q016]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
printf("Work" "Hard");
}
(a)Work
(b)Hard
(c)No Output
(d)WorkHard
Ans. (d) Since L->R priority. First it prints the word 'Work' & then 'Hard'.
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[Q017]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
char str[]="%d";

int val=25;
printf(str,val);
}
(a)Compile-Time Error (b)Run-Time Error
(c)25
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) It is a VALID C statement. First parameter contains the format specifie
r & the Second
parameter contains the actual value 25.
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[Q018]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=75;
printf("%d",val,.,.);
}
(a)Compile-Time Error (b)Unpredictable
(c)75
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Output is Unpredictable B'coz there are not enough arguments for the fo
rmat. But it is a
VALID C statement.
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[Q019]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=10;
printf("%d",val+1,"%d",val--);
}
(a)10
(b)11 10
(c)11 9
(d)10 9
Ans. (a) Since R->L priority. The second format specifier '%d' is an excess argu
ment and it is
ignored.
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[Q020]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=5;
printf("%d %d %d %d",val,--val,++val,val--);
}
(a)3 4 6 5
(b)5 5 6 5
(c)4 4 5 5
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) Since R->L priority.
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[Q021]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=5,num;
printf("%d",scanf("%d %d",&val,&num));
}
[NOTE : ASSUME 2 values are entered by the user are stored in the variables 'val
' & 'num' respectively.]
(a)1
(b)2
(c)5

(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since scanf statement returns the number of input fields successfully s
canned, converted
& stored.
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[Q022]. What will be the output of the following program :
#define Compute(x,y,z) (x+y-z)
void main()
{
int x=2,y=3,z=4;
printf("%d",Compute(y,z,(-x+y)) * Compute(z,x,(-y+z)));
}
(a)40
(b)30
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since it is macro function. NOTE : Be careful while doing such type of
calculations.
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[Q023]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int m=10,n=20;
printf("%d %d %d",m/* m-value */,/* n-value */n,m*/* Compute m*n */n);
}
(a)Run-Time Error
(b)10 20 200
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (b) Since comments /*...*/ are ignored by the compiler.
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[Q024]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int m=10,n=20;
/* printf("%d",m*n);
}
(a)VALID but No Output (b)VALID : Prints 200 (c)Compile-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (c) Since COMMENT statement not ended properly i.e */ is missing in the abo
ve program.
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[Q025]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=97;
"Printing..."+printf("%c",val);
}
(a)Printing...97
(b)97
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)a
Ans. (d) Since alphabet 'a' is the ASCII equivalent of 97.
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[Q026]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()

{
int val=5;
val=printf("C") + printf("Skills");
printf("%d",val);
}
(a)Skills5
(b)C1
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)CSkills7
Ans. (d) VALID Since 'printf' function return the no. of bytes output.
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[Q027]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
char str[]="Test";
if ((printf("%s",str)) == 4)
printf("Success");
else
printf("Failure");
}
(a)TestFailure
(b)TestSuccess
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)Test
Ans. (b) VALID Since 'printf' function return the no. of bytes output.
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[Q028]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=5;
printf("%*d",val);
}
(a)
5
(b)5
(c)Compile-Time Error
(d)None of these
Ans. (a) VALID Since '*' specifies the precision (i.e. the next argument in the
precision). If no
precision is specified then the value itself will be the precision value. Thus i
t prints 5 BLANK
SPACES & then the value 5.
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[Q029]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
{
int val=5;
printf("%d5",val);
}
(a)Compile-Time Error (b)5
(c)55
(d)
5
Ans. (c)
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[Q030]. What will be the output of the following program :
void main()
}
int val=5;
printf("%d",5+val++);
{

(a)Compile-Time Error (b)5

(c)10
(d)11
Ans. (a) Since incorrect usage of pair of braces } and {. Correct usage : Each c
ompound statement
should be enclosed within a pair of braces, i.e { and }.
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