CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c
Pratibha
Pratibha

Reputation: 15

i am not getting why is the answer coming it as 5,i'll write the program below

#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
 int cats,dogs,others,total_pets;
 cats=10;
 dogs=43;
 others=36;
 total_pets=cats+dogs;
 printf("there are %c  total pets are",total_pets);
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 179

Answers (8)

Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar

Reputation: 82948

See here for ASCII table : http://web.cs.mun.ca/~michael/c/ascii-table.html

And why it printing 5 :-

Actually its '5' not 5. Your code is printing character 5 not decimal 5. When you use %c to print value of an integer variable, printf convert integer value with character equivalent (as you have seen in ASCII table).

You can try this code (or you should write your own) 

void main()
{
    int num;
    printf("Printing ASCII values Table...\n\n");
    num = 1;
    while(num<=255)
    {
       // here you can see how %c and %d works for same variable
       printf("\nValue:%d = ASCII Character:%c", num, num); 
       num++;
     }
    printf("\n\nEND\n");
}

Happy coding.

Upvotes: 4

Nemo157
Nemo157

Reputation: 3589

%c is the character specifier so printf("there are %c total pets are",total_pets); prints the ascii character with the value 53, which is the 5 character.

Upvotes: 2

codaddict
codaddict

Reputation: 454970

Use %d in place of %c in the printf.

The value of total_pet is 53. When you use %c in printf you are trying to print the character whose ASCII value if 53 which happens to be 5.

Upvotes: 10

DigitalRoss
DigitalRoss

Reputation: 146043

You need to change the %c to a %d.

Upvotes: 1

Hack Saw
Hack Saw

Reputation: 2781

Because 53 is the place in the ascii chart where '5' sits.

Use %d in your printf instead.

Upvotes: 2

Gavin H
Gavin H

Reputation: 10482

%c is to print a character. Try changing it to %d for the integer value.

What you are printing is the integer value interpreted as a character.

Upvotes: 1

ayush
ayush

Reputation: 14568

why are you using %c. use %d

%c single character
%d and %i both used for integer type
%u used for representing unsigned integer
%o octal integer unsigned
%x,%X used for representing hex unsigned integer
%e, %E, %f, %g, %G floating type
%s strings that is sequence of characters

Upvotes: 2

ckv
ckv

Reputation: 10830

Why are you formatting it as %c Use %d

printf("there are %d total pets are",total_pets);

Upvotes: 3

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