Hello there!
I noticed a VERY small detail and it’s bugging me in the metersToFeetAndInches program (top of page 73)
I will list it here for reference sake.[code]#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
void metersToFeetAndInches(double meters, unsigned int *ftPtr, double *inPtr)
{
// This function assumes meters in non-negative.
// Convert the number of meters into a floating-point number of feet.
double rawFeet = meters * 3.281; // e.g. 2.4536
// How many complet feet as an unsigned int?
unsigned int feet = (unsigned int)floor(rawFeet);
// Store the number of feet at the supplied address.
printf("1. - Storing %u to the address %p.\n", feet, ftPtr);
*ftPtr = feet;
// Calculate inches
double fractionalFoot = rawFeet - feet;
double inches = fractionalFoot * 12.0;
// Store the number of inches at the supplied address
printf("2. - Storing %.2f to the address %p.\n", inches, inPtr);
*inPtr = inches;
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
double meters = 3.0;
unsigned int feet;
double inches;
metersToFeetAndInches(meters, &feet, &inches); /* calls the metersToFeetAndInches fuction */
printf("%.1f meters is equal to %d feet and %.1f inches.\n", meters, feet, inches);
return 0;
}
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The answer is:[quote]1. - Storing 9 to the address 0x7fff5fbff7b4.
2. - Storing 10.12 to the address 0x7fff5fbff7a8.
3.0 meters is equal to 9 feet and 10.1 inches.[/quote]
(I numbered the 1st and 2nd printf to clarify my concern.)
We stored 9 in address 0x7fff5fbff7[color=#FF0000]b[/color]4 and 10.12 in address 0x7fff5fbff7[color=#FF0000]a[/color]8.
Yet 0x7fff5fbff7[color=#FF0000]a[/color]8 comes before 0x7fff5fbff7[color=#FF0000]b[/color]4. It is as if the compiler going from the bottom up with the memory address. I know it like a small detail but it might be significant. Is that how the compiler works?
[color=#004040]JR[/color]