Q104
What will be the output of the following C code (run without any command line arguments)? #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) while (*argv++ != NULL) printf("%s ", *argv); return 0;
A.
Segmentation fault/code crash
AnswerB.
Executable file name
C.
Depends on the platform
D.
Depends on the compiler
Answer: Option A
Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
When the program is executed without any command line arguments, the argv array will contain only one element, which is the name of the executable file itself. In the while loop, *argv++ will first dereference argv, which points to the string containing the name of the executable file, and then increment argv to point to the next memory location, which would be NULL as there are no more command line arguments.However, the loop does not check for the
NULL pointer before dereferencing argv. Therefore, when argv is dereferenced after reaching the end of the argv array (i.e., when it points to NULL), it will cause a segmentation fault or code crash because it is attempting to access memory that is not valid.Hence, the correct answer is Option A: Segmentation fault/code crash.