C++ How to Program, 10/e

8 Pointers

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll:

• Learn what pointers are.

• Declare and initialize pointers.

• Use the address (&) and indirection (*) pointer operators.

• Learn the similarities and differences between pointers and references.

• Use pointers to pass arguments to functions by reference.

• Use built-in arrays.

• Use const with pointers.

• Use operator sizeof to determine the number of bytes that store a value of a particular type.

• Understand pointer expressions and pointer arithmetic.

• Understand the close relationships between pointers and built-in arrays.

• Use pointer-based strings.

• Use C++11 capabilities, including nullptr and Standard Library functions begin and end.

Outline

1. 8.1 Introduction

2. 8.2 Pointer Variable Declarations and Initialization ...