Sequence Point before actual function call

[coolguyaroundyou]

See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

[Walter Banks]

co**************@gmail.com wrote:

See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

The function is called before the increment.
func(++j);

The result should be 1. (Preincrement)
Regards,
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http://www.bytecraft.com

[Eric Sosman]

co**************@gmail.com wrote:

See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

"0" (if there is any, since the final line of output has no
newline character).

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

The expression `j++' increases the value of `j', and yields
the value `j' had before it was incremented. As of the sequence
point that precedes f(), `j' has the value 1 (the increment has
taken place), and `x' has the value 0 (the value yielded by `j++').

Keep in mind that f() has no connection with `j' at all, but
only with the value of its argument expression as stored in `x'.

--
Er*********@sun.com

[viza]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:12:37 -0700, coolguyaroundyou wrote:

int j=0;
func(j++);

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

That would be func(++j) (pre-increment). You used a post-increment.

[Nate Eldredge]

co**************@gmail.com writes:

See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

0.

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

That would mean that the value of the variable j should be 1 before the
function is called, but the value of the expression that you passed to
func is still 0.

The following two examples might be instructive:

void foo(void) {
int j = 0;
int k;
k = j++;
func(k);
}

/* and: */

int q;
void func2(int x) {
printf("x = %d, q = %d\n", x, q);

void bar(void) {
q = 0;
func2(q++);
}

[Richard Heathfield]

co**************@gmail.com said:

See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

func()'s argument expression is j++. Since func() can't be called until the
argument expression has been evaluated, j++ must be evaluated. Now, j++
evaluates to 0, so 0 is the argument expression's value, so that's what
func() will see. There is a side effect (the value of j changes), but that
doesn't effect the result of the expression j++. It's still 0, because
post-increment ++ yields as its value the value that the operand had
before ++ got its hands on it.

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[Martin Ambuhl]

co**************@gmail.com wrote:

See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call.

So what?

So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

Well, "according to [you]" seems to be a very non-authoritative source:

#include <stdio.h /* mha: added. printf is a variadic
function and needs a declaration */
void func(int x)
{
printf("%d\n", x); /* mha: added '\n'. Without this you
relation on implementation defined
behavior */
}

int main()
{
int j = 0;
printf("[Output]\n");
func(j++);
/* mha: added code so you can learn the difference between j++ and
++j */
j = 0;
printf("[Added output]\nThe value of j is %d\n", j);
printf("j++ should have the value of j _before_ the increment,\n"
" it is actually %d\n", j++);
printf("The new value of j is %d\n\n", j);
j = 0;
printf("The value of j is %d\n", j);
printf("++j should have the value of j _after_ the increment,\n"
" it is actually %d\n", ++j);
printf("The new value of j is %d\n\n", j);
/* mha: end of added code */
return 0;
}

[Output]
0
[Added output]
The value of j is 0
j++ should have the value of j _before_ the increment,
it is actually 0
The new value of j is 1

The value of j is 0
++j should have the value of j _after_ the increment,
it is actually 1
The new value of j is 1

[Keith Thompson]

Walter Banks <wa****@bytecraft.comwrites:

co**************@gmail.com wrote:

>See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

The function is called before the increment.

No, the increment occurs before the function is called, and there's a
sequence point between those two actions. But the expression ``j++''
yields the value that j has *before* the increment. If func examines
the value of j (either because j has been moved to file scope or
because it can see it via a pointer), it will see the value 1, but the
value of the parameter x is 0.

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[Flash Gordon]

Walter Banks wrote, On 27/10/08 18:26:

>
co**************@gmail.com wrote:

>See the below code:

void func(int x)
{
printf("%d",x);
}

int main()
{
int j=0;
func(j++);
return 0;
}

What should be the output?

The C Standard says that there is a sequence point before the actual
function call. So, according to me it should have been 1 but I got
0(zero) on my screen.

The function is called before the increment.

No, it is called after the increment as all side-effects (and the
increment is a side effect) have to be completed before the sequence
point. It is just that the value passed to the function is the
pre-increment value.

func(++j);

The result should be 1. (Preincrement)

Yes.
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