Segmentation Fault

compbug · #1 (**permalink**) 04-19-2006

hello all,

I tried a program on an array to intialise array elements from the standard input device.it is an integer array of 5 elements.but after entering the 4th element it throws a message called "Segmentation Fault" and returns to the command prompt without asking for the 5th element.

why is it so?

amro1 · #2 (**permalink**) 04-19-2006

are you counting from 1 to 5 or from 0 to 4 ?

blowtorch · #3 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006

Good question. Remember that when you work with an array of size 5 in C, you have locations array[0]...array[4].

compbug · #4 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006

thanks for your time guys.

I had done a petty mistake in scanf.I tried to accept the input like this
for(i=0;i<5;i++)
scanf("%d", a[i]);

The mistake.

I was supposed to give "&a[i]" .

thanks for your time pals.

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