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Find the Output: Nested loops with shared accumulator

33Find the output of the following C code (assume #include <stdio.h> and that the code is inside int main(void)):
int i, j, k = 0;
for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
    j = 1;
    while (j <= i) {
        k++;
        if (k % 2 == 0) {
            j++;
            continue;
        }
        k += j;
        j++;
    }
}
printf("%d", k);
  • Option : C
  • Explanation : The six inner iterations leave k at 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, and 12. The continue branch skips the extra addition when the incremented k is even.