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Pointers and Arrays in C

int arr[4]={1, 2, 3, 4}

Arr has two purpose


• It is the name of the array
• It acts as a pointer pointing towards the first element in the
array.

arr is same as &arr[0]


• Use a pointer to an array, and then use that pointer to access
the array elements. For example,
Passing a single array element to a function
• Declare and define an array of integers in main() function
and pass one of the array element to a function, which will
just print the value of the element.
Passing 1-D Array to a Function in C
unsigned int n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof(arr[0]);
Returning an Array from a function
We don't return an array from functions, rather we return
a pointer holding the base address of the array to be
returned. But we must, make sure that the array exists
after the function ends i.e. the array is not local to the
function.
Array of 5 elements , each of which is a 1-D array of 2 elements
Points to remember
•Passing arrays to functions in C/C++ are passed by
reference. Even though we do not create a reference
variable, the compiler passes the pointer to the array,
making the original array available for the called
function’s use. Thus, if the function modifies the array, it
will be reflected back to the original array.

•The equivalence between arrays and pointers to an


array is valid only and only for the function arguments.

•If an argument is a multidimensional array, its size must


be specified. However, the size of the first dimension is
optional.

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