STRLEN printf on two lines?

Question

Hi,

Can someone explain the following occurrence to me?

unsigned int i;
i = strlen("testData");
printf("%d\n", i);

Output:
8
5

Why is it printing the extra 5?

[Update:] After reading the comment, I stupidly realized where the 5 was coming from, sorry!

Answer 1

strlen stands for string length. Now, let's see... "testData".

1 - 't' 2 - 'e' 3 - 's' 4 - 't' 5 - 'D' 6 - 'a' 7 - 't' 8 - 'a'.

we counted 8.
now i is 8.

So, printf("%d\n", i);
prints 8.

And then later you have some code in your program which prints 5. Can't tell you why because I can't see the code

Answer 2

One possible explanation is that you have undefined behaviour because you are using a format specification for a signed integer (%d) but passing an unsigned int parameter. The correct printf call would be:

printf("%u\n", i);

Although unlikely, one possible explanation is that the undefined behaviour on your implementation results in the extra 5 being printed.

Answer 3

This code snippet should just print 8.There is something else beyond this code section that prints 5