C++ Institute Exam CPA Topic 2 Question 2 Discussion

What happens when you attempt to compile and run the following code?

#include

#include

using namespace std;

float* sum(float a,float b);

float* sum(float a,float b)

{

float *f = new float;

*f = a+b;

return f;

}

int main()

{

float a,b,*f;

a = 1.5; b = 3.4;

f = sum(a,b);

cout<<*f;

return 0;

}