DPS Modern Indian School

Doha, Qatar
Pointers Worksheet
Class XII

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1. Find mistakes, if any, in the following definition and make necessary correction:
char S[10], *ptr = S[6];

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2. Distinguish between: int *ptr = new int(5); and int *ptr = new int[5];

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3. Consider the following program
void main( )
{ int x[10], i, *px=x, *py = &x[5];
i = py-(px++);
}
What is the value of i?
(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 6

(d) 10.

4. How are the declarations int *p; and int **p; different?

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5. Rewrite the following declaration, without errors and underlining the corrections made:
float **P1, *p2=&p1;

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6. Differentiate between static and dynamic allocation of memory.

Static

Dynamic

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7. Define a pointer. What is the relationship between an array and a pointer? Given below is a
function to traverse a character array using for-loop. Use pointer notation in place of array
notation and substitute for-loop with while-loop so that the output of the function stringlength()
remains the same.

int strlength(char s[])

x++,count++);

return (count);
}

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8. What will be the output of following code fragment:
void main()
{ int a[ ]={ 3, 5, 6 , 7}, *p=a;
cout<<*p<< \t<<*(p+2)<< \t<<*p++;
}

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9. Give the output of the following program segment. (Assume required header files are
#included):
char *s = SUPER;

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for (int x=strlen(s)-1; x>=0; x--)
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{ for(int y=0; y<=x; y++)
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cout<<s[y];
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cout<<endl;
}

10. Give the output of the following code. (Assuming header files are #included):
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char

*NAME= a ProFile;

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for (int x=0; x<strlen (NAME); x++)
if (islower(NAME[x]))
NAME[x]=toupper(NAME[x]);
else if (isupper(NAME[x]))
if (x %2!=0)
NAME[x]=tolower(NAME[x-1]);
else
NAME[x]--;
cout<<NAME<<endl;

11. Re-write after correcting syntax error(s), if any. Underline the corrections made.
void main( )
{ const int i=20;
const int *ptr=&i;
*ptr++;
int j=15;
ptr=&j;

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12. Give the output of the following. (Assume all required header files are #included):
void main( )
{ int a=32, *X=&a;
char ch=65, &cho=ch;
cho += a;
*X += ch;
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cout << a << , << ch << endl;

13. Give the output of the following program segment (Assume header files are #included):
void main( )
{ int array[ ]={2,3,4,5}, *arptr=array;
int value=* arptr;

cout << value <<

"

";

value=*arptr++;

cout << value <<

"

";

value=*arptr;

cout << value <<

"

";

value=* ++arptr;

cout << value;

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14. Find the output of the following program :void main( )
{ int x[]={10,25,30,55,110}, *p=x;
while (*p<110)
{ if(*p%3 !=0)
*p=*p+1;
else
*p=*p+2;
p++;
}
for (int i=4; i>=1; i--)
{ cout<<x[i]<< "*";
if (i % 3==0)
cout<<endl;
}
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cout<<x[0]*3<<endl;
}

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15. WAP to input a string and copy it onto another. The strings are passed to a UDF, which copies
the strings character by character. Do not use any std. library functions.

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16. Write a function that takes two strings arguments and returns the string whose ASCII value is the
greater at the 1st differing position. Test the function by calling it from main() with 2 parameters.

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17. Write a program to test whether an input string is a palindrome or not. (Use pointer notation).

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18. WAP to accept a string and a character and print the number of times the character occurs in the
string.

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19. WAP to create a 3*4 integer array with some initial values. Print the address of each element in
tabular form. Also print the value of each element in tabular form. (Use pointer notation)

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