CHAPTER
10
Pointers and Dynamic Storage
10.1 Concept of a Pointer
10.2 Address and Pointer Arithmetic
10.3 Pointers and Arrays
10.4 Dynamic Storage and Arrays
10.5 Character Strings and Pointers
10.6 Sample Programs
Chapter Summary
Exercises
Objectives
Understand the concept of pointer variables and their use in the manipulation of data and the dynamic allocation of storage space for data.
In the chapter on arrays, we saw that the array name has the address of the array as its value. Also the ad -dress operator “&” has been introduced and used in calls to system and user input functions so that the input data could be placed directly in the program variables. Now it is time to introduce a form of variables designed to have addresses as their ...
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