Software Development Fundamentals Lab – I [24B15CS111]

Assignment Sheet: Week 9 [30th Sep – 5th Oct, 2024]

(Topic: Pointers)

ENROLLMENT NUMBER-NJG246523
1.Write a C program using a pointer to declare a variable var with value 20 and print the value

of the ptr, var and *ptr.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

int var = 20, *ptr;

ptr = &var;

printf("ptr=%p \nvar=%d\n*ptr=%d", ptr, var, *ptr);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

2. WAP to find the length of a string using pointers.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

{
 char str[100];

printf("Enter the string: ");

scanf("%[^\n]%*c", str);

char *ptr = str;

int len = 0;

while (*ptr != '\0')

ptr++;

len++;

printf("length is = %d", len);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

3. WAP to calculate the sum of elements of an array using pointers.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

int size;

printf("enter the size of the array: ");

scanf("%d",&size);
 int arr[size];

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

printf("Enter element %d: ", i + 1);

scanf("%d", &arr[i]);

int *ptr = arr;

int sum = 0;

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)

sum = sum + *ptr;

ptr++;

printf("Sum of the array elements is %d", sum);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-
4. WAP to check if the number is prime or not using pointers.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

#include<math.h>

int main()

int n;

int *p = &n;

printf("enter a number : ");

scanf("%d", p);

int isprime = 1;

for (int i = 2; i < *p; i++)

if (*p % i == 0)

isprime = 0;

break;

if (isprime == 1)

printf("%d is a prime number",n);

else
 {

printf("%d is not a prime number",n);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

5. WAP to reverse an array using pointers.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

int size;

printf("enter the size of the array: ");

scanf("%d",&size);

int arr[size];

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

printf("Enter element %d: ", i + 1);

scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
 }

int *p = arr;

int *q = &arr[size-1];

while (p < q)

int temp = *p;

*p = *q;

*q = temp;

p++;

q--;

printf("the reversed array is\n");

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)

printf("%d ", arr[i]);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-
6. WAP to check if two strings are equal using pointers

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

void main()

char str1[50], str2[50];

char *p, *q;

printf("ENTER THE FIRST STRING: ");

scanf("%[^\n]%*c", str1);

printf("ENTER THE SECOND STRING: ");

scanf("%[^\n]%*c", str2);

p = str1;

q = str2;

int is_equal = 1;

while (*p != '\0' || *q != '\0')

{
 if (*p != *q)

is_equal = 0;

break;

p++;

q++;

if (is_equal)

printf("THE STRINGS ARE EQUAL");

else

printf("THE STRINGS ARE UNEQUAL");

OUTPUT:-

7. Write a C program to find the kth smallest element in an integer array using pointers and

pointer arithmetic. Allow the user to input the array and the value of k. Assume k is valid (1
<= k <= array size).

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

int size;

printf("enter the size of the array: ");

scanf("%d",&size);

int arr[size];

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

printf("Enter element %d: ", i + 1);

scanf("%d", &arr[i]);

int k;

printf("Enter the value of k : ");

scanf("%d", &k);

if (k < 1 || k > size)

printf("Please enter the valid index");

int i, j;
 int key;

for (i = 1; i < size; i++)

key = *(arr + i);

j = i - 1;

while (j >= 0 && arr[j] > key)

*(arr + j + 1) = *(arr + j);

j--;

*(arr + j + 1) = key;

printf("\n");

printf("sorted array ;-\n");

for (i = 0; i < size; i++)

{printf("%d ", arr[i]);}

printf("\n\nThe kth smallest element is : %d\n\n", *(arr + k - 1));

return 0;

OUTPUT:-
8. Write a C program to reverse a string using pointers. Allow the user to input a string, reverse

it in-place using pointers, and then print the reversed string.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>

int main() {

char arr[100];

printf("Enter the string: ");

scanf("%[^\n]%*c", arr);

int len = strlen(arr);

printf("Original string: ");

for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {

printf("%c ", *(arr + i));

char temp;
 for (int i = 0; i < len / 2; i++) {

temp = *(arr + i);

*(arr + i) = *(arr + len - (i + 1));

*(arr + len - (i + 1)) = temp;

printf("\nThis is the string after the reversal:\n");

for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {

printf("%c ", *(arr + i));

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

9. Write a C program that takes a 2D integer array as input from the user. Assign an integer

pointer to the same. Then after that, calculate and print the sum of all the elements in the

array.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>
int main()

printf("Enter the number of rows and columns : ");

int r, c;

scanf("%d %d", &r, &c);

int arr[r][c];

int *ptr;

int i, j;

for (i = 0; i < r; i++)

for (j = 0; j < c; j++)

printf("\nEnter the element for position (%d,%d):", i, j);

scanf("%d", (*(arr + i) + j));

int sum = 0;

int *sPointer = &sum;

for (i = 0; i < r; i++)

for (j = 0; j < c; j++)

*sPointer = *sPointer + *(*(arr + i) + j);

}
 }

printf("\n\nThe sum of all the elements in the array is %d", sum);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

10.Write a C program that checks if a given string is a palindrome (reads the same forwards and

backwards) using pointers and pointer arithmetic. Allow the user to input a string.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h>

int main() {
char str[100];

printf("Enter the string: ");

scanf("%[^\n]%*c", str);

int len = strlen(str);

char *start = str;

char *end = str + len - 1;

int isPalindrome = 1;

while (start < end) {

if (*start != *end) {

isPalindrome = 0;

break;

start++;

end--;

if (isPalindrome) {

printf("The string is a palindrome.\n");

} else {

printf("The string is not a palindrome.\n");

return 0;
}

OUTPUT:-

11.Write a C program that counts and prints the number of vowels in a given string using

pointers and pointer arithmetic. Allow the user to input a string.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

char *s;

char str[20];

int c = 0;

printf("ENTER THE STRING: ");

scanf("%[^\n]%*c", str);

s = &str[0];

for (; *s != '\0'; s++)

if (*s == 'A' || *s == 'E' || *s == 'I' || *s == '0' || *s == 'U' || *s == 'a' || *s == 'e' || *s == 'i'

c = c + 1;

}
 printf("THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VOWELS = %d", c);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

12.Write a program to print the elements of the array using dynamic memory allocation in C.

Check if the memory has been successfully allocated by malloc or not.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {

int size;

printf("Enter the size of the array: ");

scanf("%d", &size);

int *arr = (int *)malloc(size * sizeof(int));

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

printf("Enter element %d: ", i + 1);

scanf("%d", &arr[i]);

printf("Array elements are:\n");

printf("%d ", arr[i]);

printf("\n");

free(arr);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-

13.Write a program to read a one-dimensional array, print sum of all elements along with

inputted array elements using Dynamic Memory Allocation.

CODE:-

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
int size;

printf("Enter the size of the array: ");

scanf("%d", &size);

int *arr = (int *)malloc(size * sizeof(int));

if (arr == NULL) {

printf("Memory allocation failed.\n");

return 1;

int sum = 0;

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

printf("Enter element %d: ", i + 1);

scanf("%d", &arr[i]);

sum += arr[i];

printf("Array elements are:\n");

for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

printf("%d ", arr[i]);

printf("\n");
 printf("Sum of all elements: %d\n", sum);

free(arr);

return 0;

OUTPUT:-