Programming in C

CHAPTER 9

Pointers

Chapter Outline

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Features of Pointers

9.3 Pointers and Address

9.4 Pointer Declaration

9.5 The void Pointers

9.6 Wild Pointers

9.7 Constant Pointers

9.8 Arithmetic Operations with Pointers

9.9 Pointers and Arrays

9.10 Pointers and Two-dimensional Arrays

9.11 Pointers and Multi-dimensional Arrays

9.12 Array of Pointers

9.13 Pointers to Pointers

9.14 Pointers and Strings

9.1 Introduction

Pointer is a special data-type in C and it is widely used by programmers. Most of the computer language learners feel that the pointer is a puzzling topic and very difficult to understand. However, the pointer enables fast and straightforward execution of a program. With pointers, memory is used most efficiently. C gives ...