RAM_LOCK wrote:
> In the second scenario what value is it printing when i have given extra
> parameter in scanf?
> Does it vary from compiler to compiler?
> scanf ("p:%d",&p);
> i = (p*5*5)/100;
> printf ("Interterest is : %f\n",i);
> }
> root@kaushik_Fedora11 ~/C/LET_US_C/ch-1> ./a.out
> enter the principal amount
> 100
> Interterest is : -9321198.000000
The p: isn't matched in the input, so scanf() skips the following %d
conversion, leaving p unchanged. So p will contain garbage (i.e.
whatever value happened to be stored in that memory location already).
--
Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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