notes/education/software development/ECE1400/Chapter 13 Exercises.md

1. The following function calls supposedly write a single new-line character, but some are incorrect. Identify which calls don't work and explain why.

b. printf("%c", "\n"); - This is invalid because the double quotes make \n a string, but it's being displayed with the %cformatting specifier. c. printf(%s, '\n'); - This is invalid because it's trying to display a char using the string formatting specifier. e. printf('\n'); - printf's first argument should be a string, not a char. h. putchar("\n"); - putchar's first argument should be a char, not a string. i. puts('\n'); - puts's first argument should be a string, not a char. j. puts("\n"); - puts will write a newline after writing a string, so this will write two newlines.

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2. Suppose that p has been declared as follows:

char *p = "abc";

Which of the following function calls are legal? Show the output produced by each legal call, and explain why all the others are illegal.

// A - Not legal, because putchar accepts a `char`, not a pointer.
putchar(p);
// B - Legal, output: `a`
putchar(*p);
// C - Legal, output: `abc`
puts(p)
// D - Illegal, `puts` accepts a pointer to a null terminated string, not a `char`.

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3. Suppose that we call scanf as follows:

scanf("%d%s%d", &i, s, &j);

If the user enters 12abc34 56def78, what will be the values of i, s, and j after the call? (Assume that i and j are int variables and s is an array of characters.)