Stdle #148 · pointers · 2026-11-01
What does this C snippet output?
A past puzzle — fully playable. 4 attempts, hints on wrong guesses.
#include <stdio.h>void minmax(const int *a, int n, int *mn, int *mx) { *mn = a[0]; *mx = a[0]; for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { if (a[i] < *mn) *mn = a[i]; if (a[i] > *mx) *mx = a[i]; }}int main(void) { int a[5] = {4, 1, 7, 3, 9}; int lo, hi; minmax(a, 5, &lo, &hi); printf("%d %d\n", lo, hi); return 0;}Pointers