Programming Questions

Q:

What's the difference between the functions rand(), random(), srand() and randomize()?

Answer

rand()  returns a random number


random()  returns a random number in a specified range


srand()  initialise a random number generator with a given seed value


randomize()   initializes a random number generator with a random value based o time.

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Q:

Can I increase the size of a dynamically allocated array? < Yes / No> if yes, how?

Answer

Yes, using the realloc() function as shown below:


main()


{


        int *p;


        p = ( int *) malloc (20) ;


        t = p;


        t = (int *) realloc ( p, 40);


        if ( t == NULL )


        Printf (" Cannot reallocate, leaves previous allocated region unchanged ");


       else


       {


              if ( p ==t )


              ;  / * the array expanded at the same region */


             else


            { 


                 free ( p ); / * deallocate the original array */


                 p = t;  /* set p to newly allocated region */


             }


      }


}  

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Q:

The coding or scrambling of data so that humans cannot read them, is known as _____.

A) Compression B) Encryption
C) Ergonomics D) Biometrics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Encryption

Explanation:

The coding or scrambling of data so that humans cannot read them is known as encryption.

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Q:

What is the difference between malloc() and calloc() functions?

Answer

As against malloc(), calloc() needs two arguments, the number of elements  to be allocated and the size of each element. For example,


 p = (int *) calloc (10, sizeof (int));


would allocate space for a 10- integer array. Additionally, calloc() would also set each of this element with a value 0.


Thus the above call to calloc() is equivalent to:


p = (int *) malloc (10 * sizeof (int));


memset (p, 0, 10 * sizeof( int ));

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Q:

Write a c program to find out sum of diagonal element of a matrix.

Answer

#include<stdio.h>

int main(){

  int a[10][10],i,j,sum=0,m,n;

  printf("\nEnter the row and column of matrix: ");
  scanf("%d %d",&m,&n);

  printf("\nEnter the elements of matrix: ");
  for(i=0;i<m;i++)
      for(j=0;j<n;j++)
           scanf("%d",&a[i][j]);
  printf("\nThe matrix is\n");

  for(i=0;i<m;i++){
      printf("\n");
      for(j=0;j<m;j++){
      printf("%d\t",a[i][j]);
      }
 }
 for(i=0;i<m;i++){
     for(j=0;j<n;j++){
          if(i==j)
              sum=sum+a[i][j];
     }
 }
 printf("\n\nSum of the diagonal elements of a matrix is: %d",sum);

 return 0;
}

Sample output:

Enter the row and column of matrix: 3 3
Enter the elements of matrix:
2
3
5
6
7
9
2
6
7
The matrix is
2       3       5
6       7       9
2       6       7
Sum of the diagonal elements of a matrix is: 16

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Q:

How would you use qsort() function to sort an array of structures?

Answer

#include "string.h"


#include "stdlib.h"


struct stud


{


       int rollno;


       int marks;


       char name[30];


};


int sort_m (struct stud *, struct stud *);


int sort_name (struct stud *, struct stud *);


int sort_marks (struct stud *, struct stud *);


 


main()


{


static struct stud ss[] = {


                                            { 15, 96, "Akshay" },


                                            { 2, 97, "Madhuri" },


                                            { 8, 85, "Aishvarya" },


                                            { 10, 80, "Sushmita" }


                                   };


int x,w;


clrscr();


w = sizeof (struct stud);


 


printf ('\nIn order of roll numbers:");


qsort (ss, 4, w, sort_rn);


for(x=0; x<4;x++)


     printf ("\n%d%s%d", ss[x].rollno, ss[x].name,ss[x].marks);


 


printf("\n\nIn order of names:");


qsort(ss, 4, sort_name);


 


for (x=0; x<4;x++)


      printf("\n%d%s%d",ss[x].rollno, ss[x].name,ss[x].marks);


printf("\n\nIn order of marks:");


qsort(ss,4,w,sort_marks);


 


for (x=0;x<4;x++)


      printf ("\n%d%s%d",ss[x].rollno,ss[x].name,ss[x].marks);


}


int sort_rn (struct stud *t1, struct stud *t2)


{


     return (t1->rollno-t2->rollno);


}


 


int sort_name (struct stud *t1, struct stud *t2)


{


     return (strcmp(t1->name,t2->name));


}


int sort_marks (struct stud *t1, struct stud *t2)


{


     return (t2->marks-t1->marks);


}


 


 


 

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Q:

What would be the output of the following program?

main()

{

        char huge * near * far *ptr1;

        char near * far * huge *ptr2;

        char far * huge * near *ptr3;

         printf ("%d%d%d", sizeof (ptr1), sizeof (ptr2), sizeof (ptr3));

}

Answer

4  4  2

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Q:

How would you free the memory allocated by the following program?

#include "alloc.h"

#define MAXROW 3

#define MAXCOL 4

main()

{

     int **p, i;

     p = (int **) malloc (MAXROW * sizeof (int *));

      for ( i = 0; i < MAXROW ; i++)

            p[i] = (int *) malloc (MAXCOL * sizeof (int ));

}

Answer

for ( i=0; i < MAXROW ; i++)


free (p[i]);


free (p);

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