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If we have declared an array as global in one file and we are using it in another file then why doesn’t the sizeof operator works on an extern array?
Ans: An extern array is of incomplete type as it does not contain the size. Hence we cannot use sizeof operator, as it cannot get the size of the array declared in another file. To resolve this use any of one the following two solutions:
1. In the same file declare one more variable that holds the size of array. For example,
array.c
int arr[5] ;
int arrsz = sizeof ( arr ) ;
myprog.c
extern int arr[] ;
extern int arrsz ;
2. Define a macro which can be used in an array
declaration. For example,
myheader.h
#define SZ 5
array.c
#include “myheader.h”
int arr[SZ] ;
myprog.c
#include “myheader.h”
extern int arr[SZ] ;

How do I write printf( ) so that the width of a field can be specified at runtime?
Ans: This is shown in following code snippet.
main( )
{
int w, no ;
printf ( “Enter number and the width for the
number field:” ) ;
scanf ( “%d%d”, &no, &w ) ;
printf ( “%*d”, w, no ) ;
}
Here, an ‘*’ in the format specifier in printf( ) indicates that an int value from the argument list should be used for the field width.

How to find the row and column dimension of a given 2-D array?
Ans: Whenever we initialize a 2-D array at the same place where it has been declared, it is not necessary to mention the row dimension of an array. The row and column dimensions of such an array can be determined programmatically as shown in following program.
void main( )
{
int a[][3] = { 0, 1, 2,
9,-6, 8,
7, 5, 44,
23, 11,15 } ;
int c = sizeof ( a[0] ) / sizeof ( int ) ;
int r = ( sizeof ( a ) / sizeof ( int ) ) / c ;
int i, j ;
printf ( “\nRow: %d\nCol: %d\n”, r, c ) ;
for ( i = 0 ; i < r ; i++ )
{
for ( j = 0 ; j < c ; j++ )
printf ( “%d “, a[i][j] ) ;
printf ( “\n” ) ;
}
}

The access( ) function…
The access( ) function checks for the existence of a file and also determines whether it can be read, written to or executed. This function takes two arguments the filename and an integer indicating the access mode. The values 6, 4, 2, and 1 checks for read/write, read, write and execute permission of a given file, whereas value 0 checks whether the file exists or not. Following program demonstrates how we can use access( ) function to check if a given file exists.
#include
main( )
{
char fname[67] ;
printf ( “\nEnter name of file to open” ) ;
gets ( fname ) ;
if ( access ( fname, 0 ) != 0 )
{
printf ( “\nFile does not exist.” ) ;
return ;
}
}

How do I convert a floating-point number to a string?
Ans: Use function gcvt( ) to convert a floating-point number to a string. Following program demonstrates the use of this function.
#include
main( )
{
char str[25] ;
float no ;
int dg = 5 ; /* significant digits */
no = 14.3216 ;
gcvt ( no, dg, str ) ;
printf ( “String: %s\n”, str ) ;
}

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