Why are the initial value of static variable and global variable is zero

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1.Why are the initial value of static variable and global variable is zero

Posted 8-Jul-13 4:18am

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nv3 8-Jul-13 10:28am

Better zero than anything else. And better zero than undefined. This is basically a feature that most linkers offer. Hence it was introduced into the language definition.

Hemant Singh Rautela 8-Jul-13 10:34am

You can initialize it any default value... Whats the problem..???

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Jul-13 10:55am

Why #1. An interview/test question, or something like that?
—SA

nv3 8-Jul-13 11:09am

You are probably right, Sergey.

bbirajdar 8-Jul-13 11:11am

Zero looks better than 007...

Albert Holguin 8-Jul-13 17:47pm

btw, I wouldn't trust default values because they depend on implementations (what if a compiler/linker chose not to follow that part of a standard? MS does it all the time). Define values yourself and you'll know it'll work every time.

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pasztorpisti · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08T04:55:00

Solution 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6032638/default-variable-value[^]

Posted 8-Jul-13 4:55am

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Maciej Los 8-Jul-13 12:31pm

Good link ;)
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pasztorpisti 8-Jul-13 12:34pm

Thank you! :-)