[SOLVED] What is the difference between scope,linkage and life of a variable in C language ?
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Scope and the life of a variable are the same things. The scope set determines a variable's currently set value.
See this example:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
// Life/Scope limited to this whole program
int x = 30;
int main ()
{
printf ("\nGlobal x: %d", x);
// Life/Scope limited to this function
int x = 10;
{
// Life/Scope limited to these curly braces
int x = 20;
printf ("\nCurly x: %d", x);
}
printf ("\nFunction x: %d", x);
return 0;
}
As i went through some tutorials found no difference in their meaning .. please explain the difference in usage.
There's only one ultimate "tutorial" to answer your questions: the C standard!! Please find one version of the C99 standard here. It has specific sections about scopes, linkages and lifetimes ...
Scope and the life of a variable are the same things.
You are not correct.
Code:
int foo() { /* inside life of d, outside scope of d */
static int x = 0;
return ++x; }
int main() {
int d;
foo();
d = 1; /* inside life of x, outside scope of x */
return foo(); }
There's only one ultimate "tutorial" to answer your questions: the C standard!! Please find one version of the C99 standard here. It has specific sections about scopes, linkages and lifetimes ...
Andi
Thanks for the help ... it helped me get the actual sense in using them ..
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