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unsigned char x=300; printf("%d", x) ; // why output is 44?

2nd Oct 2021, 6:53 PM
NIKHIL JOSHI
NIKHIL JOSHI - avatar
2 Answers
+ 5
Unsigned char is used, with a range 0-255, or in other words, the maximum number in 1 byte, or 8 bits of memory (as 2**8 =256). Since 300 has been assigned, the number overflows, and starts at 0, and since 300-255=45, starting from 0, that means that the variable overflows to 44. Hence printed it will output 44
2nd Oct 2021, 6:58 PM
Kamil Hamid
Kamil Hamid - avatar
+ 2
When an unsigned char value assignment overflows, you can calculate it as <value> % 256. Here you assigned value 300 to an unsigned char variable. But that value is out of unsigned char data range (0 ~ 255), and thus you got 44, because 300 % 256 results in 44.
3rd Oct 2021, 1:31 AM
Ipang