your program enter at case 3:
after that it kept falling in next cases as well.... hence x was assigned values x=0, x=0, and x=4 at the end.. and then exit the switch case... use print after every assignment u'll see that... On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:16 PM, saurabh singh <saurab...@gmail.com> wrote: > the cases are simple lables they have nothing to do with the flow of > program. > Saurabh Singh > B.Tech (Computer Science) > MNNIT > blog:geekinessthecoolway.blogspot.com > > > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:14 PM, adarsh kumar <algog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Doubt, very trivial though: >> #include<stdio.h> >> int main() >> { >> int x=3; >> switch(x) >> { >> case 1: >> x=1; >> break; >> case 2: >> x=2; >> break; >> case 3: >> x=3; >> break; >> default: >> x=0; >> break; >> case 4: >> x=4; >> break; >> } >> printf("%d",x) >> return 0; >> } >> gives an output of 3. But, >> #include<stdio.h> >> using namespace std; >> int main() >> { >> int x=3; >> switch(x) >> { >> case 1: >> x=1; >> case 2: >> x=2; >> case 3: >> x=3; >> default: >> x=0; >> case 4: >> x=4; >> } >> printf("%d",x); >> getch(); >> return 0; >> } >> gives an output of 4. >> My doubt is, in spite of the missing break statements in the second case, >> how will it enter case 4, as it should check if x=4 before doing that, >> which is not true. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- Praveen Sonare +91-7838908235 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.