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Pointer
Pointer is used to points the address of the value stored anywhere in the computer memory. To
obtain the value stored at the location is known as dereferencing the pointer. Pointer improves the
performance for repetitive process such as:

Traversing String

Lookup Tables

Control Tables

Tree Structures

Pointer Details

Pointer arithmetic: There are four arithmetic operators that can be used in pointers: ++, --,
+, -

Array of pointers: You can define arrays to hold a number of pointers.

Pointer to pointer: C allows you to have pointer on a pointer and so on.

Passing pointers to functions in C: Passing an argument by reference or by address enable

the passed argument to be changed in the calling function by the called function.

Return pointer from functions in C: C allows a function to return a pointer to the local
variable, static variable and dynamically allocated memory as well.

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Program

Pointer

#include <stdio.h>

int main( )
{
int a = 5;
int *b;
b = &a;

printf ("value of a = %d\n", a);

printf ("value of a = %d\n", *(&a));
printf ("value of a = %d\n", *b);
printf ("address of a = %u\n", &a);
printf ("address of a = %d\n", b);
printf ("address of b = %u\n", &b);
printf ("value of b = address of a = %u", b);
return 0;
}

Output

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value of a = 5
value of a = 5
address of a = 3010494292
address of a = -1284473004
address of b = 3010494296
value of b = address of a = 3010494292

Program

Pointer to Pointer

#include <stdio.h>

int main( )
{
int a = 5;
int *b;
int **c;
b = &a;
c = &b;
printf ("value of a = %d\n", a);
printf ("value of a = %d\n", *(&a));
printf ("value of a = %d\n", *b);
printf ("value of a = %d\n", **c);
printf ("value of b = address of a = %u\n", b);
printf ("value of c = address of b = %u\n", c);
printf ("address of a = %u\n", &a);
printf ("address of a = %u\n", b);
printf ("address of a = %u\n", *c);
printf ("address of b = %u\n", &b);
printf ("address of b = %u\n", c);
printf ("address of c = %u\n", &c);
return 0;
}

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Pointer to Pointer

value of a = 5
value of a = 5
value of a = 5
value of a = 5
value of b = address of a = 2831685116
value of c = address of b = 2831685120
address of a = 2831685116
address of a = 2831685116
address of a = 2831685116
address of b = 2831685120
address of b = 2831685120
address of c = 2831685128

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