GATE CS Programming in C questions

What will be the output of the following $C$ program? void count (int n) { static int d=1; printf ("%d",n); printf ("%d",d); d++; if (n>1) count (n-1); printf ("%d",d); } void main(){ count (3); }

The following function computes the maximum value contained in an integer array $P[ \ ]$ of size $n$ $(n>=1)$. int max (int *p,int n) { int a = 0, b=n-1; while (__________) { if (p[a]<= p[b]) {a = a+1;} else {b = b-1;} } return p[a]; } The missing loop condition is:

Consider the following C program. # include <stdio.h> void mystery (int *ptra, int *ptrb) { int *temp; temp = ptrb; ptrb =ptra; ptra = temp; } int main () { int a = 2016, b=0, c= 4, d = 42; mystery (&a, &b); if (a < c) mystery (&c, &a); mystery (&a, &d); printf("%d\n", a); } The output of the program is _________.

Consider the following "C" program. void f(int, short); void main() { int i = 100; short s = 12; short *p = &s; ____________; // call to f() } Which one of the following expressions , when placed in the blank above, will NOT result in a type checking error?

Consider the following program: int f (int * p, int n) { if (n <= 1) return 0; else return max (f (p+1, n-1), p[0] - p[1]); } int main () { int a[] = {3, 5, 2, 6, 4}; printf(" %d", f(a, 5)); } Note: $\max (x, y)$ returns the maximum of $x$ and $y$. The value printed by this program is ________.

The following function computes $X^{Y}$ for positive integers $X$ and $Y$. int exp (int X, int Y) { int res =1, a = X, b = Y; while (b != 0) { if (b % 2 == 0) {a = a * a; b = b/2; } else {res = res * a; b = b - 1; } } return res; } Which one of the following conditions is TRUE before every iteration of the loop?

The value printed by the following program is _______. void f (int * p, int m) { m = m + 5; *p = *p + m; return; } void main () { int i=5, j=10; f (&i, j); printf ("%d", i+j); }

Consider the following pseudo code, where $x$ and $y$ are positive integers. begin q := 0 r := x while r ≥ y do begin r := r - y q := q + 1 end end The post condition that needs to be satisfied after the program terminates is

The output of the following C program is_____________. void f1 ( int a, int b) { int c; c = a; a = b; b = c; } void f2 ( int * a, int * b) { int c; c = * a; *a = *b; *b = c; } int main () { int a = 4, b = 5, c = 6; f1 ( a, b); f2 (&b, &c); printf ("%d", c - a - b); }

Consider the following C program: #include<stdio.h> int f1(void); int f2(void); int f3(void); int x=10; int main() { int x=1; x += f1() + f2 () + f3() + f2(); printf("%d", x); return 0; } int f1() { int x = 25; x++; return x;} int f2() { static int x = 50; x++; return x;} int f3() { x *= 10; return x;} The output of the program is ______.

Consider the following C program: #include<stdio.h> int main() { int i, j, k = 0; j=2 * 3 / 4 + 2.0 / 5 + 8 / 5; k-=--j; for (i=0; i<5; i++) { switch(i+k) { case 1: case 2: printf("\n%d", i+k); case 3: printf("\n%d", i+k); default: printf("\n%d", i+k); } } return 0; } The number of times printf statement is executed is _______.

Consider the following C program #include<stdio.h> int main() { static int a[] = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50}; static int *p[] = {a, a+3, a+4, a+1, a+2}; int **ptr = p; ptr++; printf("%d%d", ptr-p, **ptr); } The output of the program is _______.

Consider the following program in C language: #include <stdio.h> main() { int i; int*pi = &i; scanf("%d",pi); printf("%d\n", i+5); } Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

Consider the C function given below. int f(int j) { static int i = 50; int k; if (i == j) { printf("something"); k = f(i); return 0; } else return 0; } Which one of the following is TRUE?

Suppose $n$ and $p$ are unsigned int variables in a C program. We wish to set $p$ to $^nC_3$. If $n$ is large, which one of the following statements is most likely to set $p$ correctly?

What is the return value of $f(p,p)$, if the value of $p$ is initialized to $5$ before the call? Note that the first parameter is passed by reference, whereas the second parameter is passed by value. int f (int &x, int c) { c = c - 1; if (c==0) return 1; x = x + 1; return f(x,c) * x; }

Consider the following C code segment. int a, b, c = 0; void prtFun(void); main() { static int a = 1; /* Line 1 */ prtFun(); a += 1; prtFun(); printf(“ \n %d %d ”, a, b); } void prtFun(void) { static int a = 2; /* Line 2 */ int b = 1; a += ++b; printf(“ \n %d %d ”, a, b); } What output will be generated by the given code segment if: Line 1 is replaced by …

Consider the following C code segment. int a, b, c = 0; void prtFun(void); main() { static int a = 1; /* Line 1 */ prtFun(); a += 1; prtFun(); printf(“ \n %d %d ”, a, b); } void prtFun(void) { static int a = 2; /* Line 2 */ int b = 1; a += ++b; printf(“ \n %d %d ”, a, b); } What output will be generated by the given code segment?

What will be the output of the following C program segment? char inChar = 'A'; switch ( inChar ) { case 'A' : printf ("Choice A \ n"); case 'B' : case 'C' : printf ("Choice B"); case 'D' : case 'E' : default : printf ("No Choice"); }

What does the following fragment of C program print? char c[] = "GATE2011"; char *p = c; printf("%s", p + p[3] - p[1]);