Basic C question

[mahaju]

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#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
    float a=2.5;
    printf("%f\n",a);
    printf(" as int = %d \n as float = %f \n as hex = %x",a,a,a);
    printf("\n%f",a);
    return 0;
}


The output is
2.500000
 as int = 0
 as float = 0.000000
 as hex = 40040000
2.500000

So what is up with the middle 3 lines??? I am not sure about the hex representation but I am sure it shouldn't show 0 for the int and float representations.

I used codeblocks 8.2 for compiling and it uses gcc I think.

[mahaju]

Also,

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#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
    float a=2.5;
    printf("%f\n",a);
    printf(" as int = %d\n", a);
    printf(" as float = %f\n",a);
    printf(" as hex = %u\n", a);
    printf("\n%f",a);
    return 0;
}

here as int = 0, as float = 2.500000 and as hex = 0
But why??
I thought it should show as int = 2
and how do I see what hex value it keeps in memory for floating points?

[Moose On The Loose]

Also,
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
float a=2.5;
printf("%f\n",a);
printf(" as int = %d\n", a);
printf(" as float = %f\n",a);
printf(" as hex = %u\n", a);
printf("\n%f",a);
return 0;
}

here as int = 0, as float = 2.500000 and as hex = 0
But why??
I thought it should show as int = 2
and how do I see what hex value it keeps in memory for floating points?

printf takes in a list of addresses of things. The first one is assumed to be a format string. The rest are assumed to be the addresses of the things referred to by the format string. No check is done to make sure that the things pointed to are really of the type that the format string suggests they may be. If you get it wrong, the bytes in memory are dealt with as thought they were what you said they were and not as what they really are.

[mahaju]

So what does my output mean?
Why is it showing int int and hex representation as 0?
And what about my first post?

[akash_rawal]

#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
float a=2.5;
printf("%f\n",a);
printf(" as int = %d \n as float = %f \n as hex = %x",a,a,a);
printf("\n%f",a);
return 0;
}


The output is
2.500000
as int = 0
as float = 0.000000
as hex = 40040000
2.500000

So what is up with the middle 3 lines???

Your mistake is that %d and %x take integers, but you are providing a float value.
So you must cast the values into integer before passing to printf using cast operator whose format is:

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([new_datatype]) [variable]

New source code:

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#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
float a=2.5;
printf("%f\n",a);
printf(" as int = %d \n as float = %f \n as hex = %x",(int) a,a,(int) a);
printf("\n%f",a);
return 0;
} 

And terminal output:

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2.500000
 as int = 2 
 as float = 2.500000 
 as hex = 2
2.500000

_____________________________________________________________

Also,
#include<stdio.h>
int main(){
float a=2.5;
printf("%f\n",a);
printf(" as int = %d\n", a);
printf(" as float = %f\n",a);
printf(" as hex = %u\n", a);
printf("\n%f",a);
return 0;
}

here as int = 0, as float = 2.500000 and as hex = 0
But why??

%u is for unsigned int, not for hexadecimal representation of float value.