extern example

main()

{

    extern int i;

    i=20;

printf("%d",i);

}

Answer: 

Linker Error : Undefined symbol '_i'

Explanation:

                 extern storage class in the following declaration,

                 extern int i;

specifies to the compiler that the memory for i is allocated in some other program and that address will be given to the current program at the time of linking. But linker finds that no other variable of name i is available in any other program with memory space allocated for it. Hence a linker error has occurred .

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