Just look at the following code snippet and try to make out why we get the output that we get.
The Program
#include <iostream.h>
void main()
{
int i = 10;
float *pf = (float *)&i;
cout<<"i : "<<i<<endl;
cout<<"*pf : "<<*pf<<endl;
}
The Output
i : 10 *pf : 1.4013e-044
That is to say, the number 10 when shown as a float gives what one would obtain by dividing the number 1.4013 by 10 raised to the power of 44! The question is - why? :-). To
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