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What is the output of the program given below?
#include
using namespace std;
int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
float f=?10.501;
cout<<(int)f;
}
Suggested Answer: B
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26 comments · newest first
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Wilburn
11 months ago
I agree, it should be 10 after casting!
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Arthur
11 months ago
Wait, is the output really 11? That seems off.
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Dominga
11 months ago
Pretty sure it rounds down to 10.
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Lottie
11 months ago
I think it will output 11 when cast to int.
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Haley
11 months ago
It's definitely 10.501 as a float.
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Ligia
12 months ago
I’m leaning towards option D, but I’m confused about the initial float value. Did we cover how to handle floats with a leading question mark?
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Maryann
12 months ago
This seems similar to a practice question we did last week. I believe it should output 11 because of how rounding works in C++.
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Howard
12 months ago
I think the output should be the integer part of the float, so maybe it's 10? But I'm not completely confident.
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Zena
1 year ago
I remember we discussed type casting in class, but I'm not sure how the float will convert to an int here.
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Roselle
1 year ago
I've got this! The float 10.501 will be truncated to 10 when cast to an int. The output should be 10.
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German
1 year ago
I'm a bit confused here. Does the type casting round the value or just truncate it? I'll have to double-check the behavior.
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Daisy
1 year ago
Okay, let me walk through this step-by-step. The float is initialized to 10.501, and then we cast it to an int. I think the output will be 10.
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Tijuana
1 year ago
Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully think through the type casting from float to int.
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Jennifer
1 year ago
This is a simple case of rounding. The float f is 10.501, and when we cast it to an integer, it should round up to 11. Option B is the correct answer, no doubt about it.
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Emilio
1 year ago
Haha, the question mark is just there to confuse us. It's a classic trick question! I'm going to go with option D, because who doesn't love a bit of chaos in their code?
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Cyndy
1 year ago
I agree with you, option D seems like the chaotic choice.
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Emily
1 year ago
I'm going with option B, the output will be 11.
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Helaine
1 year ago
I think it's option C, the output will be ?10.
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Louisa
1 year ago
Wait, why is the float initialized with a question mark? That's not valid syntax! I'm going to go with option C, which seems to make the most sense.
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Sherell
1 year ago
I agree with you, option C seems like the correct answer.
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Rhea
1 year ago
I'm not sure about that. I believe it will be 11.
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Candra
1 year ago
That's a tricky one. I think the output will be 10.
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Marva
1 year ago
I think the output will be 11. The float f is initialized to 10.501, and when we cast it to an integer, the decimal part gets truncated.
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Shawna
2 years ago
But since it's casting a float to an int, it will truncate the decimal part, so the output should be 10.
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Harris
2 years ago
I believe the output will be 11.
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Shawna
2 years ago
I think the output will be 10.