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soodvarun

soodvarun

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Apr 21, 2001
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main()
{
int k=100/0;
printf("%d",k);
}

WHY IS THE OUTPUT 100
 
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This program should blow up- you can't divide by zero, this is simply not allowed.
 
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Hi:

The response you get in a division my 0 will depend on the compiler. On my SCO Unix compiler, I get a division by 0 warning at compile time, and a floating point exception at run time.

Regards,

Ed
 
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