Structure questions with explanation in c


Structure in c example

(q) What will be output of following c code?

void main()
{
struct employee
{
unsigned id: 8;
unsigned sex:1;
unsigned age:7;
};
struct employee emp1={203,1,23};
clrscr();
printf("%d\t%d\t%d",emp1.id,emp1.sex,emp1.age);
getch();
}

Output: 203 1 23
We can access the data member in same way.
How bit data is stored in the memory:

Minimum size of structure which data member in bit is two byte i.e. 16 bit. This is called word size of microprocessor. Word size depends on microprocessor. Turbo c is based on 8086 microprocessor which word size is two byte.


Bits are filed in from right to left direction 8 bit for id,1 bit for sex and 7 bit for age.

(q) What will be output of following c code?

void main()
{
struct bitfield
{
unsigned a:5;
unsigned c:5;
unsigned b:6;

}bit;
char *p;
struct bitfield *ptr,bit1={1,3,3};
p=&bit1;
p++;
clrscr();
printf("%d",*p);
getch();
}

Output: 12
Explanation:
Binary value of a=1 is 00001 (in 5 bit)
Binary value of b=3 is 00011 (in 5 bit)
Binary value of c=3 is 000011 (in 6 bit)
In memory it is represented as:


Let address of bit1 is 500 which initialize to char pointer p. Since can is one byte data type so p++ will be 501. *p means content of memory location 501 which is (00001100) and its binary equivalent is 12. Hence output is 12.

(q) What will be output of following c code?

void main()
{
struct bitfield
{
signed int a:3;
unsigned int b:13;
unsigned int c:1;
};
struct bitfield bit1={2,14,1};
clrscr();
printf("%d",sizeof(bit1));
getch();
}

Output: 4
(q) What will be output of following c code?

void main()
{
struct bitfield
{
unsigned a:3;
char b;
unsigned c:5;
int d;
}bit;
clrscr();
printf("%d",sizeof(bit));
getch();
}

Output: 5

Note: (Actual output will 6 due to slack byte ,So Before executing this program first go to option menu then compiler then code generation then select word alignment then press OK)

(q) What will be output of following c code?
void main()
{
struct field
{
int a;
char b;
}bit;
struct field bit1={5,'A'};
char *p=&bit1;
*p=45;
clrscr();
printf("\n%d",bit1.a);
getch();
}

Output: 45
Nesting of structure:

Nesting of structure is possible i.e. we can declare a structure within another structure but it is necessary inner structure must declares structure variable otherwise we can not access the data member of inner structure.
Example:

void main()
{
struct world
{
int a;
char b;
struct india
{
char c;
float d;
}p;
};
struct world st ={1,'A','i',1.8};
clrscr();
printf("%d\t%c\t%c\t%f",st.a,st.b,st.p.c,st.p.d);
getch();
}

Output: 1 A I 1.800000

(q) What will be output of following c code?

void main()
{
struct india
{
char c;
float d;
};
struct world
{
int a[3];
char b;
struct india orissa;
};
struct world st ={{1,2,3},'P','q',1.4};
clrscr();
printf("%d\t%c\t%c\t%f",st.a[1],st.b,st.orissa.c,st.orissa.d);
getch();
}

Output: 2 p q 1.400000

12 comments:

Vishnu said...

the answer to the third question is coming out to be 3 in borland C 4.5
and individually the size of signed and unsigned int is coming to be 2 each
wat is the correct ans....m getting confused

abhimanipal said...

I also do not follow the 3 question. I compiled it on the gcc compiler(linux) and the answer I got was 4. I think it is some thing to do with slack memory

manish said...

As you know c is compiler dependent. Size of data type varies from compiler to compiler. Output of above program will be accordingly. Answer of above
questions is only valid to that compiler with world size is two byte. If you are using other compiler then try to adjust accordingly. Please didn't confused.

Anonymous said...

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Ambili said...

C is compiler dependent as we all know.So if u try the 5th question in borland c you will get the answer 5 where as in visual studio you will find an answer of 16.So dnt get confuse with that concepts.

SRINIVAS said...

file pointer is a pointer to a structure of ________ type.

suresh said...

hi please explay any one question number two brifely

Anonymous said...

please give the answer for the 3 question

Anonymous said...

how to write a program to find grade of student

Harekrushna said...

Plz tell me if there hav any secret method or easier technique for coding in C using RECURSION...

Ritesh kumar said...

Hi Harekrushna,

Good questions. Go through the following link:
http://cquestionbank.blogspot.com/2009/06/function-recursion-in-c-programming.html

Anonymous said...

excelent questions and it will be more help to me but i think we need more explanation
PRASAD and NARESH

C compiler: gcc 4.1.2