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eth-summaries/semester3/spca/code-examples/00_c/00_basics/05_pointers.c
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
int x = 0;
int *p = &x; // Get x's memory address
printf( "%p\n", p ); // Print the address of x
printf( "%d\n", *p ); // Dereference pointer (get contents of memory location)
*p = 10; // Dereference assign
int **dbl_p = &p; // Double pointer (pointer to pointer to value)
int *null_p = NULL; // Create NULL pointer
*null_p = 1; // Segmentation fault due to null pointer dereference
// ── pointer arithmetic ───────────────────────────────────────────
// Already seen a bit in the c arrays section
int arr[ 3 ] = { 2, 3, 4 };
char c_arr[ 3 ] = { 'A', 'B', 'C' };
int *arr_p = &arr[ 1 ];
char *c_arr_p = &c_arr[ 1 ];
c_arr_p += 1; // Now points to c_arr[2]
arr_p -= 1; // Now points to arr[0]
char *arr_p_c = (char *) arr_p; // Cast to char pointer (points to first byte of arr[0])
printf( "%d", *( arr_p - 5 ) ); // No boundary checks (can access any memory)
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}