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    Pointers in C

     The pointer in C language is a variable which stores the address of another variable.
     Like any variable or constant, you must declare a pointer before using it to store any
    variable address.
     The general form of a pointer variable declaration is –
     Data_type * Variable_Name;
     Here, type is the pointer's base type.
     It must be a valid C data type and var-name is the name of the pointer variable.
     The asterisk * used to declare a pointer is the same asterisk used for multiplication.
     However, in this statement the asterisk is being used to designate a variable as a
    pointer.
    Pointer Deceleration
     int *p; /* pointer to an integer */
     double *p; /* pointer to a double */
     float *p; /* pointer to a float */
     char *ch /* pointer to a character */

    Array of pointer
     Array of pointers is an indexed set of variables, where the variables
    are pointers (referencing a location in memory).
     Array of pointers is allows us to numerically index a large set of variables.
     EX-
    #include <stdio.h>
    const int ARRAY_SIZE = 5;
    int main ()
    {
    /* first, declare and set an array of five integers: */
    int array_of_integers[] = {5, 10, 20, 40, 80};
    /* next, declare an array of five pointers-to-integers: */
    int i, *array_of_pointers[ARRAY_SIZE];
    for ( i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++)
    {
    /* for indices 1 through 5, set a pointer to
    point to a corresponding integer: */
    array_of_pointers[i] = &array_of_integers[i];
    }
    for ( i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE; i++)
    {
    /* print the values of the integers pointed to by the pointers: */
    printf("array_of_integers[%d] = %d\n", i, *array_of_pointers[i] );
    }
    return 0;
    }
    Output of above Program
    array_of_integers[0] = 5
    array_of_integers[1] = 10
    array_of_integers[2] = 20
    array_of_integers[3] = 40
    array_of_integers[4] = 80

    Array of pointers to character


     Array of pointers to character to store a list of strings.
     EX-
    #include <stdio.h>
    const int MAX = 5;
    int main ()
    {
    char *names[] = {
    "RRSDCE",
    "CSE",
    "CIVIL",
    "EEE"
    "MECH"
    };
    int i = 0;
    for ( i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
    {
    printf("Value of names[%d] = %s\n", i, names[i] );
    }

    return 0;
    }

    Output of above program

    Value of names[0] = RRSDCE


    Value of names[1] = CSE
    Value of names[2] = CIVIL
    Value of names[3] = MECH
    Pointer to Pointer
     A pointer to a pointer is a form of multiple indirection, or a chain of pointers.
     Normally, a pointer contains the address of a variable. When we define a pointer to a
    pointer, the first pointer contains the address of the second pointer, which points to the
    location that contains the actual value as shown below.

     Deceleration of pointer to pointer


     int **var;
     EX-
    #include <stdio.h>
    int main ()
    {
    int var;
    int *ptr;
    int **pptr;
    var = 10;
    /* take the address of var */
    ptr = &var;
    /* take the address of ptr using address of operator & */
    pptr = &ptr;
    /* take the value using pptr */
    printf("Value of var = %d\n", var );
    printf("Value available at *ptr = %d\n", *ptr );
    printf("Value available at **pptr = %d\n", **pptr);
    return 0;
    }

    Output of Above Program

    Value of var = 10
    Value available at *ptr = 10
    Value available at **pptr = 10

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