question about vc++.net compiler

[nick]

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
char message[]="Welcome to C Programming!";
char *cptr;
cptr = message + 5;
printf("%c\n", cptr);
return 0;
}

the above code, when i put it in VC++.NET, it can't display properly.
but when i put it in MinGW Developer Studio, it can show the result 'm'.
why?

thanks!

[A.A]

printf("%s\n", cptr);
or printf("%c\n", *cptr);

[A.A]

printf("%s\n", cptr);
or printf("%c\n", *cptr);

[Mike Wahler]

"nick" <i1********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dl**********@justice.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk...

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
char message[]="Welcome to C Programming!";
char *cptr;
cptr = message + 5;
printf("%c\n", cptr);
return 0;
}

the above code, when i put it in VC++.NET, it can't display properly.
There is no 'properly'. The behavior is undefined.
%c is for type 'char' not 'char*'.

Perhaps you meant:
printf("%c\n", *cptr);
but when i put it in MinGW Developer Studio, it can show the result 'm'.
why?

Undefined behavior can be manifest as anything.

-Mike

[Mark McIntyre]

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:00:09 +0800, in comp.lang.c , nick
<i1********@yahoo.com> wrote:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
char message[]="Welcome to C Programming!";
char *cptr;
cptr = message + 5;
printf("%c\n", cptr);
return 0;
}

the above code, when i put it in VC++.NET, it can't display properly.
but when i put it in MinGW Developer Studio, it can show the result 'm'.
why?

%c prints a character. The 5th character of message is 'm' which is
presumably what you were expecting.

However cptr is a pointer. Printing the pointer with %c is undefined
behaviour, and the result could be anything (often it will be the
value of the address, converted to a char). So, if you got 'm' on
Mingw, it was coincidence.

Change the printf to *cptr, to get the value stored at cptr.

--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

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