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What will be the output of the following code?   int main() {int x = 5;int * ptr = &x;*ptr + 1;cout << (*ptr)++;}

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What will be the output of the following code?   int main() {int x = 5;int * ptr = &x;*ptr + 1;cout << (*ptr)++;}

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The output of the code will be 5.

Here's the step by step explanation:

  1. int x = 5; This line declares an integer variable x and assigns it the value 5.

  2. int * ptr = &x; This line declares a pointer ptr and assigns it the address of x. Now ptr is pointing to x.

  3. *ptr + 1; This line increments the value pointed by ptr by 1, but it doesn't change the value of x because the result is not stored anywhere.

  4. cout << (*ptr)++; This line prints the value pointed by ptr which is the value of x (5), and then increments the value of x by 1. But the increment happens after the value is printed, so it doesn't affect the output.

So, the output of the code will be 5.

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