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What will be the output of the program?

 #include 
 int main()
 {     
     int i = 5; 
     while(i-- >= 0)           
        printf("%d,", i);  
    i = 5;   
    printf("\n");   
    while(i-- >= 0)         
        printf("%i,", i);       
    while(i-- >= 0)           
       printf("%d,", i); 
    return 0;
 }

4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1
4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

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Answer : Option A

Explanation :

Step 1: Initially the value of variable i is '5'.
Loop 1: while(i-- >= 0) here i = 5, this statement becomes while(5-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is satisfied and it prints '4'. (variable 'i' is decremented by '1'(one) in previous while condition)
Loop 2: while(i-- >= 0) here i = 4, this statement becomes while(4-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is satisfied and it prints '3'. (variable 'i' is decremented by '1'(one) in previous while condition)
Loop 3: while(i-- >= 0) here i = 3, this statement becomes while(3-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is satisfied and it prints '2'. (variable 'i' is decremented by '1'(one) in previous while condition)
Loop 4: while(i-- >= 0) here i = 2, this statement becomes while(2-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is satisfied and it prints '1'. (variable 'i' is decremented by '1'(one) in previous while condition)
Loop 5: while(i-- >= 0) here i = 1, this statement becomes while(1-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is satisfied and it prints '0'. (variable 'i' is decremented by '1'(one) in previous while condition)
Loop 6: while(i-- >= 0) here i = 0, this statement becomes while(0-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is satisfied and it prints '-1'. (variable 'i' is decremented by '1'(one) in previous while condition)
Loop 7: while(i-- >= 0) here i = -1, this statement becomes while(-1-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is not satisfied and loop exits.
The output of first while loop is 4,3,2,1,0,-1

Step 2: Then the value of variable i is initialized to '5' Then it prints a new line character(\n).
See the above Loop 1 to Loop 7 .
The output of second while loop is 4,3,2,1,0,-1

Step 3: The third while loop, while(i-- >= 0) here i = -1(because the variable 'i' is decremented to '-1' by previous while loop and it never initialized.). This statement becomes while(-1-- >= 0) Hence the while condition is not satisfied and loop exits.