Programming

Question

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void quiz(int w)
{
if(w>1)
{ quiz (w/2);
quiz(w/2);
}
cout<<"*";
}
int main() {
  quiz(5);	
return 0;
}

how many asterisks are printed by the function call quiz(5)?

ans is 7. Please explain.

Answer 1

cout<<"*"; is not the part of else statement.....

Comments

I think you must be getting **** as the answer...If so then you might have done a mistake...See cout<<"*"; is not the part of else statement in  fact there is no else statement at all.....so after executing if  statement cout<<"*"; will compulsory be executed.....so final output would be *******

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Thankyou! I got this now (y)

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Your welcome