Please Help Me...

[Timo]

I have a code like this :

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  int x,y;
   
  x=4;
  y=x++ * ++x;
  x=4;
  printf("%d %d\n",y,  x++ * ++x);

  return 0;
}

I think the result will be :
25 25

but when I test :
25 24

please explain to me ?

[sumankar]

I have a code like this :

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[...]
  y=x++ * ++x;
  x=4;
  printf("%d %d\n",y,  x++ * ++x);

The nadir of Undefined Behaviour!
Multiple ambiguous side-effects within a single sequence point. For more:
http://c-faq.com/expr/evalorder2.html