Confusion about the output

Question

#include
int main(void)
{
    int i=1,j=-1;
    if((printf(\"%d\",i))<(printf(\"%d\",j)))
        printf(\"%d\",i);
    else 
        printf(\"%d\",j);         


        

Answer 1

printf returns the number of characters (not just digits) written.

So printf("%d",-1) will return 2 not 1

Similarly printf("%d",1) will return 1

Making the condition in the if true.