Consider the following two C code segments. Y and X are one- and…

GATE · 2015 · CS · Set 3 · Computer Science & IT

Consider the following two C code segments. Y and X are one- and two-dimensional arrays of size n and n x n respectively, where 2 <= n <= 10. Assume that in both code segments, elements of Y are initialized to 0 and each element X[i][j] of array X is initialized to i+j. Further assume that when stored in main memory all elements of X are in the same main memory page frame.

Code segment 1:

// initialize elements of Y to 0
// initialize elements of X[i][j] of X to i+j
for (i=0; i<n; i++)
    Y[i] += X[0][i];

Code segment 2:

// initialize elements of Y to 0
// initialize elements of X[i][j] of X to i+j
for (i=0; i<n; i++)
    Y[i] += X[i][0];

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

S1: Final contents of array Y will be same in both code segments

S2: Elements of array X accessed inside the for loop shown in code segment 1 are contiguous in main memory

S3: Elements of array X accessed inside the for loop shown in code segment 2 are contiguous in main memory

  1. A.

    Only S2 is correct

  2. B.

    Only S3 is correct

  3. C.

    Only S1 and S2 are correct

  4. D.

    Only S1 and S3 are correct

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