C Pointers Demystified

Introduction Pointers are variables that store the address of another variable. Allow us to indirectly access variables (i.e. we can talk about its address rather than its value) Importance of Pointers: More flexible pass-by-reference Manipulate complex data structures efficiently, even if their data is scattered in deferent memory locations Use polymorphism - calling functions on data without knowing exactly what kind of data it is. (needs example!) Declaring Pointers Simply <type> *<var_name>;, e....

January 17, 2023 ยท Anthony Nandaa