int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int a=3,b=2,c;
a=a==b==0;
printf("%d\n",a);
return 1;
}I cannot understand why this code gives 1 as the answer.
According to me , this should be the order of evaluation
b==0, which gives false & the expression becomes a=a==0
this should again give false & the expression should become
a=0
thereby the value of a should be 0
According to me , this should be the order of evaluation
b==0, which gives false & the expression becomes a=a==0
this should again give false & the expression should become
a=0
thereby the value of a should be 0
Actually, what's happening is a = (a==b==0) which is equivalent to a = ( ( a==b ) == 0 ) a == b is 0, and 0 == 0 is true, so a is one. The assignment associativity is right to left, but the conditional associativity is left to right.
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