Question

Given below are two statements :
one is labelled as
Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as
Reason (R).
Assertion (A) :
++*ptr in C increments the value pointed by ptr.
Reason (R) :
ptr is a pointer.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

• A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
• B. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
• C. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
• D. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

Hint:

Unary operators go Right-to-Left! ++*ptr means increment the value. If you wanted to increment the address, you'd use *++ptr.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B