Computer Fundamentals and Programming in C (RMK)

5.14 Basics of C Programming

constituting a number of simple statements. Consider the piece of code in Pro-

gram 5-9.

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//if-else statement

#include<stdio.h>

main()

{

int a=11;

if(a>10)

printf(“The value of a is %d”,a);

printf(“Value a is greater than 10”);

else

printf(“Value a is less than 10”);

}

Compilation error “Misplaced else in function main”

Reasons:

• Only a single statement can be associated with if clause and

else clause

• The mentioned code is interpreted as:

if(a>10) //if statement

printf(“The value of a is %d”,a);

printf(“Value a is greater than 10”); //statement next to if statement ...