Understanding and Using C Pointers

Index

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Symbols

& (ampersand), address of operator, Address of Operator, Pointer Notation and Arrays

* (asterisk)

indirection (dereference) operator, Dereferencing a Pointer Using the Indirection Operator, Pointer Operators, Dynamic Memory Allocation, Misuse of the Dereference Operator–Misuse of the Dereference Operator

in pointer declaration, Declaring Pointers, Pointer Operators, Misuse of the Dereference Operator–Misuse of the Dereference Operator

{} (braces), in array initialization, One-Dimensional Arrays, Two-Dimensional Arrays, Multidimensional Arrays

[] (brackets), in array declarations, One-Dimensional Arrays, Two-Dimensional Arrays, Multidimensional Arrays

“ ” (double quotes), enclosing string literals, String Declaration

= (equal sign)

assignment operator, Using malloc with static and global pointers

initialization operator, Using malloc with static and global pointers

== (equal sign, double), equality operator, Pointer Operators

!= (exclamation point, equal sign), inequality operator, Pointer Operators

< (left angle bracket), less than operator, Pointer Operators

<= (left angle bracket, equal sign), less than or equal operator, Pointer Operators

- (minus ...