Weird midterm results


I've graded many tests from 2025. Here are the most hilarious results from C programming midterms. (From the second midterm, which was a little more technical in terms of the C language)

2025. second midterm


Everything MUST return false:


bool inside(Set* h, int found) {
	/* ... */
	while(/* ... */) {
		if(mover->szam == found) return false;
	}
	/* ... */
	return false;
}
					

No return?:


void inside(Set* h, int found) {
	/* ... */
	if(mover->szam == found) break;
	/* ... */
}
					

The midterm was for the C language, this syntax is unacceptable there:


Set* h = Set{};
					

WTF syntax and initialization:


typedef struct {
	int num = {2, 3, 9, 13, 20};
	Halmaz* elso;
} Halmaz_elso;
					

Magic sizeof for linked lists:


Lista* betesz(Lista* halmaz, int uj) {
	Lista* uj_elem = malloc(sizeof(halmaz) + sizeof(Lista*));
	/* ... */
}
					

Yet another unreachable break statement:


...
if(l_list->next == NULL){
	return l_list; break;
}
					

Yet another asolute cinema:


#include 

typedef struct Set{
    int data;
    struct Set* next;
} Set;

Set* union(Set* s1, Set* s2){
    int list1[50];
    int counter = 0;
    
    while(s1->next != NULL){
        while(s1->next != NULL){ //O(n^2)????? Block nested loop join
            if(s1->data == s2->data){ //THIS WILL NEVER go through s2 whole.
                list1[counter] = s1->data; //What is length(s1)>50 ???
                counter++;
            }
        }
    }
    list1[counter] = NULL; //WTF? int array!
    //The below text was LITERALLY on the midterm sheet!!
    Set* n->data = list1[0];
    // -||-
    // -||-
    // -||-
    // -||-
    return n; //WTF?? Did he mean to generalize the assignment (which was bad anyway)??
    
}
					

Instant memory leak:


...
Set* n = malloc(...);
n = NULL; //^------ (ᕗ ͠° ਊ ͠° )ᕗ

//Proceeds to use n with leak + seg fault, refuses to elaborate, leaves.

...
					

Tuples in C????:


...
Set* n = {...}; //This was there literally.
...
					

New syntax in C????:


typedef enum Halmaz(){
	int ertek;
	int* halmaz;
}
					


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