Thread: why is this pointer showing a large value?

Code:

# include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    int* res[10];
    double* vol[10];
    double* curr[10];
    int i;

    for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        printf("Enter R and V for resistor %d: ", i+1);
        scanf("%d %lf", res+i, vol+i);
    }
    rv(res, vol);
    system("pause");
}

int rv (int* res, int* vol)
{
    int i;
    for (i=0; i<5; i++)
    {
        printf("%d curr: %d %lf\n",i+1, *(res+i) , *(vol+i) );
    }
    return;
}

This code takes 2 arrays as input (int, double)...
when I compile the output...

the *(vol+i) is showing unexpected values. However, if I replace %lf with %d, its working fine.

When you mean int, print it out as such instead of as a double.

Your function int rv (int* res, int* vol) should have 'double *' for vol in the header.

Compile with warnings turned all the way up:

Code:

$ gcc -Wall -g -std=c99  arr.c   -o arr
arr.c: In function ‘main’:
arr.c:13: warning: format ‘%d’ expects type ‘int *’, but argument 2 has type ‘int **’
arr.c:13: warning: format ‘%lf’ expects type ‘double *’, but argument 3 has type ‘double **’
arr.c:15: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘rv’
arr.c:16: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘system’
arr.c:7: warning: unused variable ‘curr’
arr.c: In function ‘rv’:
arr.c:24: warning: format ‘%lf’ expects type ‘double’, but argument 4 has type ‘int’
arr.c:26: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void

• Line 13: I think this is what Tim was referring to, but just in case. res, vol and curr are arrays of pointers (to ints or doubles), which are quite different from arrays of ints or arrays of doubles. The pointers in those arrays don't point to valid memory (places you can store data from your scanf call). Remove the * from those declarations.
• Line 15: either put a prototype for rv above main, or move the whole function above main.
• Line 16: include stdlib.h to use system
• Line 7: remove curr if you're not using it
• Line 24: This was addressed already, but vol should be declared double * in your rv function
• Line 26: You said rv would return an int, so you must return an int, even if you don't use it in main

got it. thanks.