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Anirudha
Anirudha

Reputation: 32787

I am getting a strange output in C?

Here is a c program.I am getting a strange output.

When num1=10 and num2=20->

#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
int num1=10,num2=20;
clrscr();
if(num1,num2)
{
    printf("TRUE");
}
else
{
    printf("FALSE");
}
getch();
}

Output: TRUE

when num1=0 and num2=220 Output: TRUE

But when num1=0 and num2=0: Output: FALSE Why does this happen? also,what does this given below code mean:

if(num1,num2)

Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 183

Answers (6)

Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Hamidi
Fr&#233;d&#233;ric Hamidi

Reputation: 262919

You're using the comma operator. That operator first evaluates its first operand, then drops the result on the floor and proceeds to evaluate and return its second operand.

That's why your program only prints FALSE if num2 evaluates to false in a boolean context (like e.g. 0, 0.0 or NULL).

Upvotes: 3

James Greenhalgh
James Greenhalgh

Reputation: 2491

if(num1,num2)

Is a use of the comma operator. The Comma operator calculates the first operand and discards the result then the second operand and returns the result. Thus (a, b) calculates a, calculates b and then returns b.

This should clear up your confusion for the logical cases, in each of them the statement has the effect of looking at the value of b.

Upvotes: 1

PrettyPrincessKitty FS
PrettyPrincessKitty FS

Reputation: 6400

I assume what you want is 'if a and b are true'. The comma like you are using means to evaluate just the last variable.

What I think you want is:

if(num1 && num2) /* num1 AND num2 */

You need to use && (logical AND) not a single & (Which is bitwise AND)

Upvotes: 0

Vivek Goel
Vivek Goel

Reputation: 24140

  1. Learn about comma operator in c http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_operator. i=(a,b) means store b in i.
  2. Everything else than 0 in c is true. so if(3) if (-3) all are true only if(0) is false

Upvotes: 2

Joe
Joe

Reputation: 11637

In:

if(num1,num2)

the last expression overrides all preceeding ones so it's the same as:

if(num2)

since, num2 is 0, you get FALSE.

If you check this out, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2bxt6kc4(v=vs.71).aspx the , stands for sequential evaluation, meaning the expressions are evaluated one after another, the last being your num2.

Upvotes: 2

Earlz
Earlz

Reputation: 63805

if(num1,num2)

is not a syntax error, but it is a logic error. Basically, this will resolve to being only

if(num2)

Only the last variable is evaluated.

Upvotes: 0

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