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Reputation: 145

Unusual Output from C Array Code

As a simple attempt at a coding exercise in a book I've been reading, I wrote the following code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
        double data[12][5];
        int i;
        double t = 2.0;

        for(i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
                data[i][0] = t;
                t += 0.1;
        }

        for(i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
                data[i][1] = 1.0 / data[i][0];
                data[i][2] = data[i][0] * data[i][0];
                data[i][3] = data[i][2] * data[i][0];
                data[i][4] = data[i][3] * data[i][0];
        }

        printf("x 1/x x^2 x^3 x^4\n");

        int row;
        int column;

        for(row = 0; row < 12; row++) {
            printf("%10lf %10lf %10lf %10lf %10lf\n", data[i][0], data[i][1], data[i][2], data[i][3], data[i][4]);
        }

        return 0;
}

However, when I run it the output appears as at ideone.com: http://ideone.com/KLWtdk. According to how I think the code should run, the far left column should be a range of values inclusive from 2.0 to 3.0 with a 0.1 step size. This is not the case, however.

Also, while chatting on IRC, I was told to not use tabs when printing tables of data but instead to use printf widths. I want to be able to have a header over each column in text, however - is there any way to do that?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 96

Answers (3)

ayusha
ayusha

Reputation: 484

In the last loop you use different variable for iteration and different for printing values. variable i used for declaration,condition check & increments/decrements.

i is that variable.

Another variable row used for printing values which have garbage value and not changed throughout the loop.

row is that variable

Upvotes: 0

shree.pat18
shree.pat18

Reputation: 21757

Your problem is that you declare iteration variable row, but use i for index in the print statement. Since the value of i is independent of the value of row, every iteration will give you the same values, and they won't be the right ones.

You can resolve this by accessing the array elements as data[row][column_index] e.g. data[row][0]

Regarding the formatting, as mentioned by @JonathanLeffler:

The way to get the labels aligned is 

printf("%10s %10s %10s %10s %10s\n", "x", "1/x", "x^2", "x^3", "x^4");

Use the same width in the string formats as in the numeric formats. This right justifies the labels; to left justify, use %-10s instead.

Upvotes: 4

Sanket Parmar
Sanket Parmar

Reputation: 1577

Use data[row][0], data[row][1], data[row][2], data[row][3] while printing results.

Upvotes: -1

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