what is r value, l value error in c??

@Anoop Kumar • 15 May, 2012 I am not in C progamming any more but I found this, it might help you.
Suppose the code is
int i;
i=5;
here i is lvalue and 5 is Rvalue.
the code 5=i;
generateserror lvalue required.

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@Ankita Katdare • 15 May, 2012 tanvisharma Did you get an error in a specific program? We can be of better help if you share the exact problem with us.

The difference between an l-value and an r-value can be used for eliminating a common bug.
Programmers sometimes wrongly replace the = operator for the == operator.
This reverses the order of an equality expression, placing the r-value on the left, like this:
if (0==x) //instead of x==0
When placing the r-value on the left, mistyping the == operator as the = operator triggers a compilation error:
if (0=x) // error: "L-value required"
Although this isn't the most intelligible error message, it certainly catches the bug.

@pratap singh, upendra • 25 May, 2012 during the process of assignment of value to the variable whichever variable comes on the left hand side of equals sign is the lvalue meaning left_value. On the other hand the variable or a value appearing on the right hand side of equals sign is the rvalue meaning right_value.

The concept of rvalue and lvalue was just a theoretical notion that came into being on account of confusion that arose between = and == operators.

for example, consider

a = 9;
a = b;
in the first case the value of a is assigned to be 9. this implies lvalue is a and rvalue is 9
in the second case lvalue is a while rvalue is another variable b.

Note that lvalue should necessarily be a variable. On the other hand rvalue can be a varaible or a constant of appropriate data type

@pratap singh, upendra • 25 May, 2012 • 1 like during the process of assignment of value to the variable whichever variable comes on the left hand side of equals sign is the lvalue meaning left_value. On the other hand the variable or a value appearing on the right hand side of equals sign is the rvalue meaning right_value.

The concept of rvalue and lvalue was just a theoretical notion that came into being on account of confusion that arose between = and == operators.

for example, consider

a = 9;
a = b;
in the first case the value of a is assigned to be 9. this implies lvalue is a and rvalue is 9
in the second case lvalue is a while rvalue is another variable b.

Note that lvalue should necessarily be a variable. On the other hand rvalue can be a varaible or a constant of appropriate data type

@tanvisharma • 28 May, 2012 thank you all 😀

@Aviskar • 31 May, 2012 can anybody tell me what is this pointer and how it is used in c++?

@amitabh1608 • 03 Jun, 2012 refer any c++ book

@Anthoni Raj • 04 Jun, 2012 • 1 like

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tanvisharma Did you get an error in a specific program? We can be of better help if you share the exact problem with us.

The difference between an l-value and an r-value can be used for eliminating a common bug.
Programmers sometimes wrongly replace the = operator for the == operator.
This reverses the order of an equality expression, placing the r-value on the left, like this:
if (0==x) //instead of x==0
When placing the r-value on the left, mistyping the == operator as the = operator triggers a compilation error:
if (0=x) // error: "L-value required"
Although this isn't the most intelligible error message, it certainly catches the bug.

Your answer is good...