Why the output of this program is 41? is it undefined behavior?

Asked Feb 20 '15 at 05:20

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    #include<Stdio.h>
    int main()
    {
     int j=5;
     j=++j + ++j + ++j + ++j + ++j;
     printf("%d",j);
    }

when i am running this C program using codeblocks IDE(GCC compiler) it is showing the output as 41.I'm not getting why the output is 41.is it compiler specific?

asked Feb 20 '15 at 05:20

Shankha Jana

Yes. [filler text to make comment 15 characters long] – user253751 Feb 20 '15 at 05:21
Yes you have undefined behavior. – Gopi Feb 20 '15 at 05:22
While [this question and answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4176328/undefined-behavior-and-sequence-points) is in regards to C++, the rules regarding sequencing are basically the same in C. – Some programmer dude Feb 20 '15 at 05:23

Why the output of this program is 41? is it undefined behavior?

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