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C++ How to Program, 10/e
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C++ How to Program, 10/e

by Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel
February 2016
Beginner
1080 pages
207h 57m
English
Pearson
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... *yPtr = 9;

which would assign 9 to y in Fig. 8.3—in the preceding statement, *yPtr is an alias for y. The dereferenced pointer may also be used to receive an input value as in


cin >> *yPtr;

which places the input value in y.

Common Programming Error 8.2

Dereferencing an uninitialized pointer results in undefined behavior that could cause a fatal execution-time error. This could also lead to accidentally modifying important data, allowing the program to run to completion, possibly with incorrect results.

 

Error-Prevention Tip 8.2

Dereferencing ...

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