I've spent my spare time doing fun things for my personal joy in C these days....
But, I ended up finding out something interesting to me. I do not know why this result is happening until now..
max_arr_count_index is assigned depending on arr[5] value, which is past the end of the array +1.
Is there someone who can explain this to me? I know it should not be. I assigned the value the past one index of the array (here, arr[5] = 30 in the problem case) and it's not safe, and it is undefined behavior as defined by the standard.
I am not gonna do the same thing in the real field, But, I just want to get more under the hood here.
Clang and GCC have given me the same result.
Code and result is below:
[No Problem case: I do not assign the value past end of the index]
#include <stdio.h>
int arr[] = {11,33,55,77,88};
int max_arr_count_index = (sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]));
// print all
void print_all_arr(int* arr)
{
// just print all arr datas regarding index.
for(int i = 0; i < max_arr_count_index; i++) {
printf("arr[%d] = %d \n", i, arr[i]);
}
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
// insert code here...
printf("[before]max_arr_count_index : %d\n", max_arr_count_index);
printf("[before]The original array elements are :\n");
print_all_arr(arr);
arr[0] = 1;
arr[1] = 2;
arr[2] = 3;
arr[3] = 4;
arr[4] = 5;
// arr[5] = 1000;
printf("[after]max_arr_count_index : %d\n", max_arr_count_index);
printf("[after]The array elements after :\n");
print_all_arr(arr);
return 0;
}
No problem result is below:
[before]max_arr_count_index : 5
[before]The original array elements are :
arr[0] = 11
arr[1] = 33
arr[2] = 55
arr[3] = 77
arr[4] = 88
[after]max_arr_count_index : 5
[after]The array elements after :
arr[0] = 1
arr[1] = 2
arr[2] = 3
arr[3] = 4
arr[4] = 5
Program ended with exit code: 0
[Problem case: I assigned the value past end of the index]
#include <stdio.h>
int arr[] = {11,33,55,77,88};
int max_arr_count_index = (sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]));
// print all
void print_all_arr(int* arr)
{
// just print all arr datas regarding index.
for(int i = 0; i < max_arr_count_index; i++) {
printf("arr[%d] = %d \n", i, arr[i]);
}
}
int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
// insert code here...
printf("[before]max_arr_count_index : %d\n", max_arr_count_index);
printf("[before]The original array elements are :\n");
print_all_arr(arr);
arr[0] = 1;
arr[1] = 2;
arr[2] = 3;
arr[3] = 4;
arr[4] = 5;
/* Point is this one.
If I assign arr[5] 30, then, max_arr_count_index is changed also as
30. if I assign arr[5] 10000 max_arr_count_index is assigned 10000.
*/
arr[5] = 30;
/* Point is this one.
If I assign arr[5] 30, then, max_arr_count_index is changed also as
30. if I assign arr[5] 10000 max_arr_count_index is assigned 10000.
*/
printf("[after]max_arr_count_index : %d\n", max_arr_count_index);
printf("[after]The array elements after arr[5] is assigned 30 :\n");
print_all_arr(arr);
return 0;
}
Result is below :
[before]max_arr_count_index : 5
[before]The original array elements are :
arr[0] = 11
arr[1] = 33
arr[2] = 55
arr[3] = 77
arr[4] = 88
[after]max_arr_count_index : 30
[after]The array elements after arr[5] is assigned 30 :
arr[0] = 1
arr[1] = 2
arr[2] = 3
arr[3] = 4
arr[4] = 5
arr[5] = 30
arr[6] = 0
arr[7] = 0
arr[8] = 0
arr[9] = 0
arr[10] = 0
arr[11] = 0
arr[12] = 0
arr[13] = 0
arr[14] = 0
arr[15] = 0
arr[16] = 0
arr[17] = 0
arr[18] = 0
arr[19] = 0
arr[20] = 0
arr[21] = 0
arr[22] = 0
arr[23] = 0
arr[24] = 0
arr[25] = 0
arr[26] = 0
arr[27] = 0
arr[28] = 0
arr[29] = 0
Program ended with exit code: 0
