What is the output of the following program?#include int main() { int i = 3; while (i--) { int i = 10; i--; printf("%d", i); } printf("%d", i); }

What is the output of the following program?#include<stdio.h>…

Unit 3 · Programming Languages and Computer Graphics Paper 2 CS · December 2023

What is the output of the following program?

#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
  int i = 3;
  while (i--) {
    int i = 10;
    i--;
    printf("%d", i);
  }
  printf("%d", i);
}

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Correct answer: C. 999-1

Explanation

The outer i (3, 2, 1) makes the loop run 3 times. Each time a new inner i = 10 is decremented and 9 is printed, giving 999. The final test i-- takes the outer i from 0 to −1, so the last printf prints −1: 999-1.

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