Re: unexpected result

On 8 Mar 2006 01:17:27 -0800, "Ankur" <ankur.mcp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
comp.lang.c:

#1, DON'T TOP POST IN THIS GROUP. I have put your reply where it
belongs, after the original post.

ashu wrote:
hi
look at this code

include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
int i,j=2;
i=j++ * ++j * j++;
printf("%d %d",i,j);
return 0;
}

acc. to me the values of i & j are 27,5 respectively & rightly so as i


ran this on turbo c++ compiler but if i ran this on lcc-win32 compiler


i got 32 & 5 for i & j respectively.
why this is so

hi anshu
it all compiler depenedent
in lcc-win32 compiler
first the code run on right to left
means i=4*4*2
it give 32 for i
but in turboc compiler it execute code left to right and take big value
among it i.e. 3
so thats y its give 27.

No, it is not "all compiler dependent", it is undefined behavior.
There is no right result, there is no wrong result, as far as the C
language is concerned there is no need for a result at all.

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