Programming Questions

Q:

If the following structure is written to a file using fwrite(), can fread() read it back successfully?

struct emp

{

    char *n;

    int age;

};

struct emp e = { "Sujay",15};

FILE *fp;

fwrite (&e, sizeof (e), 1, fp);

Answer

No, since the structure contains a char pointer while writing the structure to the disk using fwrite() only the value stored in the pointer n would get written. When this structure is read back the address would be read back but it is quite unlikely that the desired string would be present at this address in memory

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Q:

Point out the error, if any, in the following program.

# include "stdio.h"

main()

{

     FILE *fp;

     char str[80];

     fp = fopen ("trail", "r");

     while (!feof (fp))

    {

           fgets (str, 80, fp);

           puts (str);

     }

     fclose (fp);

}

Answer

The last line from the file "trial" would be read twice. To avoid this, ues:


       While ( fgets (str, 80, fp) ! = NULL)


               puts (str);

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Q:

Indicate what would the SWAP macro be expanded to on preprocessing. Would the code compile?

#define SWAP (a, b, c ) (c t; t = a, a = b, b = t; )

main()

{

    int x = 10, y = 20;

    SWAP (x, y, int );

    printf ( " %d%d ", x, y);

}

Answer

( int t ; t = a, a = b, b = t ;);


This code won't compile since declaration of t cannot occur within parentheses.


 

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Q:

Point out the error, if any, in the while loop.

main()

{

  int i = 1;

  while ()

  {

     printf ( "%d", i++);

     if (i >10) 

     break ;

   }

}

Answer

The condition in the while loop is a must.

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Q:

public static void main string[] args Meaning is?

Answer

Here in this declaration public static void main string[] args, each keyword has its importance.


 


1. public - Here public is an access specifier which allows the main method to be accessible everywhere.


 


2. static - static helps the main method to get loaded without getting called by any instance/object.


 


3. void - void clarifies that the main method will not return any value.


 


4. main - It's the name of the method.


 


5. String[] args - Here we are defining a String array to pass arguments at the command line. args is the variable name of the String array.

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Q:

There is a mistake in the following code. Add a statement in it to remove it.

main()

{

     int a;

     a = f (10, 3.14) ;

     printf ( " %d ", a );

}

f (int aa, float bb)

{

    return ( ( float ) aa + bb );

}

Answer

Add the following function prototype in main ():


float f ( int, float );

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Q:

SNOBOL is mainly used for

A) Text Operation B) String operations
C) List operations D) Numerical operations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) String operations

Explanation:

SNOBOL is a high-level computer programming language used especially in manipulating textual data. It is mainly used for string operations and was developed between 1962 and 1967.

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Q:

Improve the following code using typedef.

struct node

{

      int data1;  float data2;

       struct node *left;

       struct node *right;

};

struct node *ptr;

ptr = (struct node *) malloc (sizeof (struct node) ); 

Answer

typedef struct node * treeptr


typedef struct node


{


         int data1;


         float data2;


         treeptr *left;


         treeptr *right;


}treenode;


treeptr ptr;


ptr = ( treeptr ) malloc ( sizeof ( treenode ) );

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