Someone told me this bit of code prints 29. Why is that?
int *a = 17;
printf("%d", a+3);
Someone told me this bit of code prints 29. Why is that? int *a
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Someone told me this bit of code prints 29. Why is that?
int *a = 17;
printf("%d", a+3);
Because when you add to a pointer it adds the object size. In this case the object size is 4 (sizeof(int) == 4) — so 17 + 3 * 4 == 29.