Thanks Trevor for your details explaination... It is clear to me now... thanks again for clearing this concept :) -----Original Message----- From: Trevor Woollacott [mailto:trevorw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:32 PM To: linux-c-programming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sarkar, Kaushik Subject: RE: What compiler is doing when we pass unnecessary parameters in scanf > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-c-programming-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-c- > programming-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RAM_LOCK > Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2009 04:19 PM > To: linux-c-programming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: What compiler is doing when we pass unnecessary parameters in > scanf > > > Hi, > In the second scenario what value is it printing when i have given > extra > parameter in scanf? > Does it vary from compiler to compiler? > > Scenario : I > ------------- > root@kaushik_Fedora11 ~/C/LET_US_C/ch-1> cat simple-interest.c > #include <stdio.h> > > void main () > { > int p; > float i=0; > printf ("enter the principal amount\n"); > scanf ("%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 : 25.000000 > > > Scenario : II > ------------- > > cat simple-interest.c > #include <stdio.h> > > void main () > { > int p; > float i=0; > printf ("enter the principal amount\n"); > 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 > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/What-compiler-is- > doing-when-we-pass-unnecessary-parameters-in-scanf- > tp24719839p24719839.html > Sent from the linux-c-programming mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c- > programming" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Hi With scenario II your input of 100 is not matching, so you end up with whatever value was stored at &p before the scanf. i.e. (gdb) r Starting program: ./a.out Breakpoint 1, main () at test.c:6 6 float i=0; (gdb) p p $4 = -37284792 (gdb) s 7 printf ("enter the principal amount\n"); (gdb) s enter the principal amount 8 scanf ("p:%d",&p); (gdb) s 100 9 i = (p*5*5)/100; (gdb) p p $6 = -37284792 (gdb) s 10 printf ("Interterest is : %f\n",i); } (gdb) s Interterest is : -9321198.000000 Here you can see p = -37284792 before and after your scanf Then i = (-37284792*5*5)/100 = -9321198.000000 If you check the value returned by scanf, you can determine how many input values were successfully matched. In the case where you entered 100 in scenario I, scanf would have returned 1, and in scenario II it would have returned 0. Regards, Trevor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
