Is this right?

[Beachblue]

Here's the question: Two numbers are input through the keyboard into two locations C and D. Write a program to interchange the contents of C and D.

#include<stdio.h>

main()
{
   int c,d;

   printf( "\nEnter c value:" );
   scanf( "&#37;d", &c );
   printf( "\nEnter d value:" );
   scanf( "%d", &d );

   printf("\nc=%d", d);
   printf( "\nd=%d", c);
 
   getchar();
   getchar();
}

I think my program interchanges the values of 2 variables... Is that the same as interchanging the 'contents of 2 locations'?

[QuantumPete]

Not really. You're just printing out the value of C and calling it D. Your assignment is probably asking to actually swap the values stored in C and D. I'll give you a hint: you'll need a third variable.

QuantumPete

[laserlight]

You are actually "cheating", in the sense that you are lying to the user by claiming that c is d and d is c. More likely:

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int c, d;

    printf("\nEnter c value:");
    scanf("&#37;d", &c);
    printf("\nEnter d value:");
    scanf("%d", &d);

    /* Insert code here to swap c and d
       ... */

    printf("\nc=%d", c);
    printf("\nd=%d", d);

    getchar();
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Then when the user enters 3 followed by 4, the program will print 4 followed by 3.

[Elysia]

If I may point out:
http://cpwiki.sourceforge.net/Implicit_main

[Sander]

Also,

int main()

is C++. You are not supposed to leave out the "void" in C.

--
Computer Programming: An Introduction for the Scientifically Inclined

[Beachblue]

Right... so is this correct?

#include<stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int c, d, x;

    printf("\nEnter c value:");
    scanf("%d", &c);
    printf("\nEnter d value:");
    scanf("%d", &d);

    x=c;
    c=d;
    d=x;

    printf( "The values of c and d are %d and %d", c,d );

    getchar();
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Elysia, thanks for that heads-up. I think this book I'm using is outdated... The author's used main() everywhere...

[Elysia]

Yes, this is the correct "main" structure.

[QuantumPete]

Right... so is this correct?

That looks correct. Just one tip: always initialise your variables and don't declare them on the same line. It's going to save you hours of head scratching at some point

QuantumPete

[Elysia]

Well, I don't think it's that bad to define multiple variables on the same line, as long as they're not pointers.
Pointers go on separate lines.

[Sander]

Also,

int main()

is C++. You are not supposed to leave out the "void" in C.

Actually, I'll be damned. The standard says in one place that main "shall be declared" with a return type of int and with either no parameters:

int main(void) { /* ... */ }

or with two parameters:

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { /* ... */ }

but it uses a simple

int main() { /* ... */ }

in several examples. In 6.7.5.3, Function declarators (including prototypes) item #10 says:
"The special case of an unnamed parameter of type void as the only item in the list specifies that the function has no parameters."

So I can't determine whether using () instead of (void) in prototypes is valid C according to the standard... Any language lawyers in the room?

--
Computer Programming: An Introduction for the Scientifically Inclined

[Elysia]

It seems clear to me that main shall be defined as int main(void), because it clearly says that main should take no parameters or two parameters.
And if it does not contain void, then technically, it can take any number of arguments, which is in violation of what it says.

[laserlight]

So I can't determine whether using () instead of (void) in prototypes is valid C according to the standard

It is standard C; C99 itself uses both forms. In fact, they are the same. The difference only comes with function prototypes, where an empty parameter list means that no information about the parameters is supplied.

[manav]

So this is allowed:

void func():
int main() {
    func(1,2,3,4);
}

void func() {
    /* But how to acess those parameters? */
}

[laserlight]

So this is allowed:

No, but this is allowed:

#include <stdio.h>

void func();

int main() {
    func(1,2,3,4);
    return 0;
}

void func(int w, int x, int y, int z) {
    printf("&#37;d %d %d %d\n", w, x, y, z);
}

[manav]

That makes little magic to work. I can remove/ignore the parameters in func. I do not have to change the header file having a () prototyped function. And C uses ccall so there will be no effect on calling code also. Pretty cleaver and neat! Wow!