Q. What is the output of the following C++ code?

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
double & getVal()
{
  double v = 12.99;
  double &val = v;
  return val;
}
int main()
{
  double v = getVal();
  cout << "The value = " << v;
  return 0;
}

• (A) 12
• (B) 12.99
• (C) Compilation error
• (D) None of these