C Programming Questions and Answers – Formatted Output – 1

This set of C Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Formatted Output – 1”.

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1. What will be the output of the following C code?

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         int i = 10, j = 2;
  5.         printf("%d\n", printf("%d %d ", i, j));
  6.     }

a) Compile time error
b) 10 2 4
c) 10 2 2
d) 10 2 5
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Answer: d
Explanation: None.
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2. What will be the output of the following C code?

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  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         int i = 10, j = 3;
  5.         printf("%d %d %d", i, j);
  6.     }

a) Compile time error
b) 10 3
c) 10 3 some garbage value
d) Undefined behaviour
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.
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3. What will be the output of the following C code?

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         int i = 10, j = 3, k = 3;
  5.         printf("%d %d ", i, j, k);
  6.     }

a) Compile time error
b) 10 3 3
c) 10 3
d) 10 3 somegarbage value
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Answer: c
Explanation: None.
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4. What will be the output of the following C code?

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main()
  3.     {
  4.         char *s = "myworld";
  5.         int i = 9;
  6.         printf("%*s", i, s);
  7.     }

a) myworld
b) myworld(note: spaces to the left of myworld)
c) myworld (note:followed by two spaces after myworld)
d) Undefined
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

5. What will be the output of the following C code?

  1.     #include <stdio.h>
  2.     int main(int argc, char** argv)
  3.     {
  4.         char *s = "myworld";
  5.         int i = 3;
  6.         printf("%10.*s", i, s);
  7.     }

a) myw(note:7 spaces before myw)
b) myworld(note:2 spaces before myworld)
c) myworld (note:2 spaces after myworld)
d) myw(note:6 spaces after myw)
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Answer: a
Explanation: In the format represented by “%10.*s”, the width of the string will be 10 spaces which is aligned to the right, by default. Since we have asterisk (*) after the precision dot (.), the value of precision will be the value stored in the variable i. The value of i is 3, so this signifies max length of the string as 3 characters. So, the final formatted output will be a 10 character output with 3 characters “myw” printed with right alignment and the 1st 7 characters will be simply space characters.

6. What is the difference between %e and %g?
a) %e output formatting depends on the argument and %g always formats in the format [-]m.dddddd or [-]m.dddddE[+|-]xx where no.of ds are optional
b) %e always formats in the format [-]m.dddddd or [-]m.dddddE[+|-]xx where no.of ds are optional and output formatting depends on the argument
c) No differences
d) Depends on the standard
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

7. Escape sequences are prefixed with ________
a) %
b) /
c) ”
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

8. What is the purpose of sprintf?
a) It prints the data into stdout
b) It writes the formatted data into a string
c) It writes the formatted data into a file
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: None.

9. The syntax to print a % using printf statement can be done by ________
a) %
b) \%
c) ‘%’
d) %%
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: None.

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