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    What's the output

    Code:
    #include<stdio.h>
    int fun(int num);
    void main()
    {
    int p,n=20;
    p=fun(n);
    printf("%d",p);
    getch();
    }
    
    int fun(int num)
    {
    (num>20)?return (100):return (200);
    }
    return statement in fun() is not working proper.Can anyone please tell me what is wrong with this?

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    Try

    return (num>20)?(100):(200);
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    Quote Originally Posted by Salem View Post
    Try

    return (num>20)?(100)':'(200);
    Absolutely right Salem.
    And the reason is that in a program there can exist only one return keyword.
    Last edited by Vxyz; 08-02-2011 at 05:56 AM.

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    Additionally, void main is wrong. Read How to define main()-FAQ

    Getch is compiler specific; a more standard solution would be to use getchar();

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    Quote Originally Posted by anduril462 View Post
    Now, please, for the love of all things good and holy, think about what you're doing! Don't just run around willy-nilly, coding like a drunk two-year-old....
    Quote Originally Posted by quzah View Post
    ..... Just don't be surprised when I say you aren't using standard C anymore, and as such,are off in your own little universe that I will completely disregard.
    Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vxyz View Post
    Absolutely right Salem.
    And the reason is that in a program there can exist only one return keyword.
    What silly person told you this?

    Here is a sample of live code... How many return statements do you see?
    Code:
    DWORD WINAPI ServerContact(LPVOID Parm)
      { SERVERINFO svr = {0};  // server data
        BYTE       tries;      // try counter 
        BYTE       mac[6];     // mac address
        // load user data
        if (!LoadServer(Server.Name,&svr))
          { ReportError(10002,0); 
            EnableWindow(Wind[2],1);  
            return 0; }
        Server.Pass = SetPassCode(svr.Password);
        // resolve IP
        tries = 0;
        while (! GetHostAddr(Server.Name,svr.Port,&Server.Addr))
          { if (++tries > svr.Pings)
              { ReportError(10003,0);
                EnableWindow(Wind[2],1);  
                return 0; }
            Sleep(svr.Timeout * 1000); }
         // test if server alive
         SendDatagram(Server.Addr,RM_PING,NULL,0);
         if (WaitForSingleObject(PingEvent,svr.Timeout * 1000) == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
           return 1;
        // wake host machine
        tries = 0;
        while (! GetMacAddr(Server.Addr,mac))
          { if (++tries > svr.Pings)
              { ReportError(10004,0);
                EnableWindow(Wind[2],1);  
                return 0; }
            Sleep(svr.Timeout * 1000); }
        SendMagicPacket(Server.Addr,mac);
        Sleep(100);   // pacing
        ResetEvent(PingEvent);
        // ping RMServer
        for (tries = 0; tries < svr.Pings; ++tries)
          { SendDatagram(Server.Addr,RM_PING,NULL,0);
            if (WaitForSingleObject(PingEvent,svr.Timeout * 1000) == WAIT_OBJECT_0)
              return 1; }
      ReportError(10005,0);
      EnableWindow(Wind[2],1);  
      return 0; }

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    Quote Originally Posted by CommonTater View Post
    What silly person told you this?
    Why his professor of course. Actually, I heard the ministry of education over there hands out fliers with "required knowledge" and 3.5" disks with turbo C on them.
    Quote Originally Posted by anduril462 View Post
    Now, please, for the love of all things good and holy, think about what you're doing! Don't just run around willy-nilly, coding like a drunk two-year-old....
    Quote Originally Posted by quzah View Post
    ..... Just don't be surprised when I say you aren't using standard C anymore, and as such,are off in your own little universe that I will completely disregard.
    Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AndrewHunter View Post
    Why his professor of course. Actually, I heard the ministry of education over there hands out fliers with "required knowledge" and 3.5" disks with turbo C on them.
    Good lord... do they not have web browsers over there? (obviusly they do)

    With so many forums and so much energy devoted to advancing the state of programming, one has to wonder how so many people can remain so staunchly ignorant of what's going on in the real world... It's not bad enough that the educational system seems "stuck in the 80s" the real crime here seems to be that students have no idea how regressive it really is. When these guys graduate their diplomas aren't going to be worth the paper they're printed on... ESPECIALLY the ones who've written their phone numbers on the exam papers and PURCHASED a passing grade.

    Really... this is bad. It threatens to cause problems world wide as these guys spread out after graduation.

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    Thank you......

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