Pimps getting creative

[DaveB]

Before you can even apply.

Solve the code problem and provide the answer or your CV gets binned!

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1. Call the 'goal' function by providing the correct value of index as a
parameter
to the program and note the output.
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//You may need to install gcc-multilib or similar package for your Linux
distribution.
//gcc -m32 chall-stack.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define FTBL_LEN 5
typedef void func_t(int);

void goal(int i) {
    printf("%08x\n", ((i|0x40000000) * 0x31337)^0x2c10c413);
}
void try(int i) {
    printf("Incorrect index %d. Keep trying!\n");
}
int main (int argc, const char**argv) {
    int i, index;
    func_t *tbl[FTBL_LEN + 1];
    for (i=0;i<FTBL_LEN;++i)
        tbl[i] = try;
    tbl[i] = goal;
    index = strtol(argv[1], NULL, 10);
    if (index >= FTBL_LEN)
        printf("Index too high.\n");
    else
        (*tbl[index])(index);
    return 0;
}

[suityou01]

I'm not even sure that would compile. The function try takes one argument.

Edit: Unless tbl is an array of function pointers to try.

In any case, then the try function will always say the same thing as the printf has a placeholder and no variable so will always print 0?

[FatLazyContractor]

I compiled it and the result is as below:

F3CK 0FF P33-1-M-PEE

[suityou01]

I compiled it and the result is as below:

[_V_]

Don't tell me, permie job at GCHQ, £30K p.a.

[DaveB]

Don't tell me, permie job at GCHQ, £30K p.a.

Nope,

The European tentacle of a a large Chinese tech corporation.

[suityou01]

Nope,

The European tentacle of a a large Chinese tech corporation.

So he got the salary bit right then

[NibblyPig]

That site checks the referrer url to display images, which made your post unintentionally more funny

[suityou01]

That site checks the referrer url to display images, which made your post unintentionally more funny

It works fine for everyone else which makes your post funnier still.

[NickFitz]

It works fine for everyone else which makes your post funnier still.

Broken for me