Thread: Three short questions C-ers

Rewrite each one in a way that makes sense to you.

1.

Code:

int arr[] = {5,6,7,8,9,10}; 
int x = 1;
int *p = &arr[2];  // p points to the 7
p--;               // p points to the 6
x = p[x]           // p[1] points to the element one spot after the 6

So x is 7, like you would expect. Notice &arr[2] is the same as arr + 2

2. A general for loop... for(INIT; COND; INCR) STAT; can be rewritten as

Code:

INIT;
while (COND) {
    STAT;
    INCR;
}

So, using this transformation, your for loop is the same as

Code:

i = 3;
while (i != 15)
    i = i + 2;

So the final value is 15. It says in English "Start the loop at i=3. Loop until i becomes 15, then stop. Each time through the loop, increment i by 2"

3. An expression like VAR++ is the same as saying this:
VAR;
VAR = VAR + 1;
So rewrite your third snippet like this

Code:

int r = -1 ;
 
while (r) {
   r = r + 1;
   printf("r = %d \n", r);
 
}
r = r + 1;