Stack Overflow Asked by Parth Sarthi Sharma on November 17, 2021
I am trying to run the following code in C:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
void main(){
int firstNum = 5;
int16_t secondNum;
printf("Please enter the first number: ");
scanf("%d", &firstNum);
printf("Please enter the second number: ");
scanf("%d", &secondNum);
printf("%d %dn", firstNum, secondNum);
}
And the output I am getting is as follows:
Please enter the first number: 13
Please enter the second number: 4
0 4
--------------------------------
Process exited after 1.877 seconds with return value 4
Press any key to continue . . .
Why is that so?
My IDE is Dev-C++. Compiler is TDM-GCC 4.9.2 64-bit Release. Program name is TestBit.c (if that is relevant?).
Note: When I change the line int16_t secondNum;
to int secondNum;
, the program works as intended.
The proper specifier for int16_t secondNum
is from <inttypes.h>
// scanf("%d", &secondNum);
scanf("%" SCNd16, &secondNum);
Better code would check the return value.
if (scanf("%" SCNd16, &secondNum) == 1) {
Success();
}
Answered by chux - Reinstate Monica on November 17, 2021
Try changing to: scanf("%hd", &secondNum);
%d
is a 4-byte data specifier, int16_t
is actually only 2 bytes.
More references: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/format-specification-syntax-printf-and-wprintf-functions?view=vs-2019
Answered by Sprite on November 17, 2021
An int16_t is not the same thing as an int; so passing a pointer to one via scanf and pretending it is an int pointer can yield unexpected behaviour; thus your question.
Replace int16_t with int and your program works. For followup read the C Programming Language specification of types and what they mean.
Answered by mevets on November 17, 2021
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