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luc046.c

Problem Statement

Given three variables x, y, z, write a function to circularly shift their values to right. In other words, if x = 5, y = 8, z = 10, after circular shift y = 5, z = 8, x = 10. cal the function with variables a, b, c to circularly shift values.

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Author Amit Dutta (amitdutta4255@gmail.com)
License MIT
Difficulty Beginner (index: 2 / 10)

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Source Code

#include <stdio.h>

void circularShift(int *, int *, int *);

int main()
{
    int x = 5, y = 8, z = 10;

    printf("--- Before Shift ---\n");
    printf("x: %d, y: %d, z: %d", x, y, z);

    circularShift(&x, &y, &z);

    printf("\n--- After Shift ---\n");
    printf("x: %d, y: %d, z: %d", x, y, z);

    return 0;
}

void circularShift(int *x, int *y, int *z)
{
    int temp = *z;
    *z = *y;
    *y = *x;
    *x = temp;
}

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    CODE (luc046.c):

    #include <stdio.h>

    void circularShift(int *, int *, int *);

    int main()
    {
        int x = 5, y = 8, z = 10;

        printf("--- Before Shift ---\n");
        printf("x: %d, y: %d, z: %d", x, y, z);

        circularShift(&x, &y, &z);

        printf("\n--- After Shift ---\n");
        printf("x: %d, y: %d, z: %d", x, y, z);

        return 0;
    }

    void circularShift(int *x, int *y, int *z)
    {
        int temp = *z;
        *z = *y;
        *y = *x;
        *x = temp;
    }