inside scanf

[temper3243]

Hi
Can someone explain me what is happening below ? Why is it printing
401380
$ cat scanf.c
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
int i;
scanf(" %d",&i);
printf("%x\n",i);
return 0;
}

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
-1
ffffffff

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
--1
401380

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
--2
401380

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe

 

[Ian Collins]

Hi
Can someone explain me what is happening below ? Why is it printing
401380
$ cat scanf.c
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
int i;
scanf(" %d",&i);

Try checking the return value.

 

[CBFalconer]

Can someone explain me what is happening below ? Why is it printing
401380

$ cat scanf.c
#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
int i;
scanf(" %d",&i);
printf("%x\n",i);
return 0;
}

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
-1
ffffffff

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
--1
401380

Why don't you give it an integer for input? Usual sin - failure to
check the return value from scanf.

 

[Jens Thoms Toerring]

Can someone explain me what is happening below ? Why is it printing
401380
$ cat scanf.c
#include<stdio.h>

int main()

Better make that 'main(void)' since your main function doesn't
take any arguments.

{
int i;
scanf(" %d",&i);
printf("%x\n",i);

Take care: for the 'x' conversion specifier nowadays (C99) an
unsigned int is expected as the argument to be printed.

return 0;
}

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
-1
ffffffff

prog@cygwin ~
$ ./a.exe
--1
401380

Here scanf() couldn't read an integer (since "--1" isn't one), so
nothing gets assigned to 'i'. What you then print out this is the
random value that 'i' started of with. Check the return value of
scanf() and you will see that it's 0 (instead of 1) here, it tells
you how many items scanf() successfully read in.

Regards, Jens

 

[temper3243]

Why don't you give it an integer for input? Usual sin - failure to
check the return value from scanf.

Few more questions
1) Can a variable contain trap representation(trap rep) say a local
variable like int i;
2) Can a pointer contain trap rep ? like say int *p, can p be a trap
rep.
3) Can address of an uninitialized variable every contain trap rep ?
i.e can "&i" contain trap rep
4) Can we get to assign trap rep "on a 2's complement machine" ? i.e
int i= value_of_traprep;
printf(" %d",i); will it abort ;
5) On a 1's complement machine is trap rep always ~0 or is it
different.
When ~0 is trap rep,
what happens,
int i=~0,
printf(" %d",i); will it abort ;

6) How do i get what is the value for trap rep on my arch (i386) .

 

[Clark S. Cox III]

Few more questions
1) Can a variable contain trap representation(trap rep) say a local
variable like int i;
Yes

2) Can a pointer contain trap rep ? like say int *p, can p be a trap
rep.
Yes

3) Can address of an uninitialized variable every contain trap rep ?
i.e can "&i" contain trap rep
No

4) Can we get to assign trap rep "on a 2's complement machine" ? i.e
int i= value_of_traprep;

No, as far as C is concerned, a variable containing a trap
representation doesn't have a value. Just attempting to do the above
initialization invokes undefined behavior.

printf(" %d",i); will it abort ;
5) On a 1's complement machine is trap rep always ~0 or is it
different.

There is no way a conforming program can know this.

When ~0 is trap rep,
what happens,
int i=~0,
printf(" %d",i); will it abort ;

6) How do i get what is the value for trap rep on my arch (i386) .

Not every platform has trap representations, you just have to be aware
that they *might*. Essentially, your questions come down to : "What
happens when I invoke undefined behavior?". The answer is: "anything or
nothing."

 

[CBFalconer]

.... snip ...

Few more questions
1) Can a variable contain trap representation(trap rep) say a local
variable like int i;
yes

2) Can a pointer contain trap rep ? like say int *p, can p be a trap
rep.
yes

3) Can address of an uninitialized variable every contain trap rep ?
i.e can "&i" contain trap rep
no

4) Can we get to assign trap rep "on a 2's complement machine" ? i.e
int i= value_of_traprep;
printf(" %d",i); will it abort ;
no

5) On a 1's complement machine is trap rep always ~0 or is it
different.
no

When ~0 is trap rep,
what happens,
int i=~0,
printf(" %d",i); will it abort ;

it doesn't happen.

6) How do i get what is the value for trap rep on my arch (i386) .

In general, you don't. There may be many of them.

Don't change the subject without changing the subject line.

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