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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T20:50:51+00:00 2026-06-02T20:50:51+00:00

Why uninitialized variable print a strange negative value ? int x; cout << x

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    2026-06-02T20:50:52+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    What you’re doing (reading the value of an uninitialised variable) is undefined behaviour; anything can happen, from it appearing to work, to printing random values, to crashing, to buying pizza with your credit card.

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