CSC231 Powers of 2 in C++

--D. Thiebaut 13:43, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

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Problem

• Below is a C++ program, and its complete output
• Explain this output!

The C++ Program

#include <stdio.h>

void main() {
  unsigned int x = 1;

  while ( x != 0 ) {
    printf ( "%u\n", x );
    x = x * 2;
  }

  // printf( "final x = %u\n\n", x );
}

The Output

g++  -o  mulby2  mulby2.cpp

./mulby2 
1
2
4
8
16
32
64
128
256
512
1024
2048
4096
8192
16384
32768
65536
131072
262144
524288
1048576
2097152
4194304
8388608
16777216
33554432
67108864
134217728
268435456
536870912
1073741824
2147483648