#include<iostream.h>
int main()
{
int k = 0;
int i = 2;
//try out all the cases given below one by one,,comment out the irrelevant cases
//k = ++i + i++ * ++i; // case1
//k = i++ * ++i + i++; // case2
//k = i++ * ++i + ++i; // case3
//k = i++ + ++i * i++; // case4
k = ++i + i++ * i++; // case5
cout << k << endl;
cout << i << endl;
return 0;
}

Case1 gives me 'k'= 20 How is this computed ?
Case2 to case 5 gives k = 12 how is this computed ???

I use VC++ compiler

With Thanks :)

ASK

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No, case 1 gives me 15. That is what I would expect;

++i (3) + i++ (3) * ++i (4)

3 + (3*4) = 15!

++i is not augmented until completion of the statement but i has the value 3 because of the leftmost incrementation.

Georges

Thnx for ur reply,,but when I tried the same code chunk ( needless to say using a vc++ compiler) I recvd K= 20 for case1 alone and in all the other case viz 2 -5 K yielded 12. Did u try the code in any of the compilers or was ur answer just wat u thought will be the value of 'K' ( deduced manually ) ???

ASK

I used the Borland compiler, which I think gives the right answer according to the rules of 'C'. You could try putting this query on the Borland web-site.

http://info.borland.com/newsgroups/ng_bcpp.html

 Don't say what answer you get but ask what answer you should expect! Compilers do differ !!!

Georges

Well I just now tried the code chunk in Borland C compiler and K was 13 for case1. Though this looks pretty simple none of my friends have really been able to come up with a definite solution for this.

Well wat I wud expect the answer to be, is as given below.

++i (3) + i++ (3) * ++i (5) and hence k = 3 + (3x5) = 18

I want more members in the forum to take this up and come out with their views...

With thanks.
Satheesh

ASK

Interesting that you now get 18!

++i (3) + i++ (3) * ++i (5) and hence k = 3 + (3x5) = 18

but I would say:

++i (3) + i++ (3) * ++i (4) and hence k = 3 + (3x4) = 15

The i++ term will/should not be implemented until the statement is completed.

Put it on the Borland C++ group and it will bring lots of ideas.




Georges

Hve a look at:

http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/s3.html

explains it all!

Georges

Georges

the answer is 18
k=++i + i++ * ++i
first because of (++i) i become 3 then becuse of (i++) again 3 contributes in computation but becuse we have another arithmetic instruction i becomes 4
and again becouse of(++i) i becomes 5.
3 + (3x5) =18
now answer this one
what values for a,b,c,r after below instruction(r=a=b=c=0)
r=++a||b++||++c


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Mehdi.:)

Gentlemen (and/or Ladies): the C-language behavior of these expressions is undefined, as Nokomis said. There is no "right answer" for a C program, and, therefore, no "wrong" answer. Different compilers can give different answers, but that does not mean that one is "right" and the other is "wrong".

For example, in case 3, Borland bcc32 version 5.1.1 gives 20, and Gnu gcc 3.3.1 gives 13.

Try the following on your favorite C++ compiler(s). Not using C++? Change cout<< to equivalent printf() and try your favorite C compiler(s).

[code]
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  int i;
  int k;
  int k2;

  std::cout << std::endl << std::endl;
  i = 2;
  std::cout << " Before calculation, i = " << i << std::endl;
  k = i++ * ++i;
  std::cout << " k = " << k << std::endl << std::endl;
  std::cout << " Before calculation, i = " << i << std::endl;
  k = i++ * ++i;
  i = 2;
  k2= ++i * i++;
  std::cout << " k2= " << k2<< std::endl << std::endl;

  i = 2;
  std::cout << " Before calculation, i = " << i << std::endl;
  std::cout << " i++ * ++i = " << i++ * ++i << std::endl << std::endl;

  i = 2;
  std::cout << " Before calculation, i = " << i << std::endl;
  std::cout << " ++i * i++ = " << ++i * i++ << std::endl << std::endl;

  return 0;
}


Borland gave


Gnu gave

Which one is right? Does either one give the answers that you would have guessed?

Since the value of C-language expressions like this is undefined, the "answers" are meaningless.

You could use the outputs to infer something about how each compiler evaluates expressions, but that could change with the next release of the same compiler.

Best regards to all inquisitive minds!

Dave

all of them are right but if someone comes and tells the answer is -10
it would be a wrong answer.
Thanks anyway for your comments.
Cheers.

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Mehdi.:)