Why the programs terminate at printf statements ?

Hello all,

I am confused why my program terminate at the second print statement.

Code:

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int main()
{
 int  const *p=6;
int i = 0;
printf("\np:%d",p);

printf("\np:%d",(*p));
                       
    getch();
}

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and also why the first printf output will be 6.I think 6 will be output for the 2nd printf.

Thanks,
Gunjan

p has a value 6 (when printed as an int). The value at location 6 is undefined, so one possibility is that the program is allowed to crash when accessing *p.

You need another compiler, if that first assignment happened without any warnings or errors.

Or you need to pay more attention to compiler warnings before complaining when bad code crashes.

thnks both for your inputs,

but int const*p;
means its an constant pointer pointed to an int
so p going to point integer i.e., on doing printf *p will suppose to print 6 not the p.

Am i right ?

or i missintercept the means of int const *p.

You read them right to left

int const *p and const int *p
p is a pointer to a const int.
You can change p, but not *p

int * const p;
p is a const pointer to an int
You can change *p, but not p (you must therefore initialise it, otherwise it is useless).

Now do you know what
const int * const p;
is?