Pointers & Modular
Programming
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Comp 133
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pointer
Pointer or pointer variable: A memory cell that stores the address of a data
item.
The declaration:
float *p; // identifies p as a pointer variable of type pointer to float .
// This means that we can store the memory address of a type
// float variable in p .
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pointer
Pointer Type Declaration:
SYNTAX:
EXAMPLE:
type * variable ;
float *p;
The value of the pointer variable p is a memory address
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Example (1)
int y = 5;
int *yPtr;
yPtr = &y; //yPtr gets address of y
yPtr points to y
yPtr
y
5
yptr
500000
600000
y
600000
Address of y
is value of
yptr
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Example (2)
int i = 5;
int *ptr;
/* declare a pointer variable */
ptr = &i;
/* store address-of i to ptr */
printf("*ptr = %d\n", *ptr);
/* refer to referee of ptr */
output
*ptr = 5
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Example (3):
What actually ptr is?
ptr is a variable storing an address
ptr is NOT storing the actual value of i
Address of i= 0022FF18
Address of ptr=0022FF1C
int i = 5;
ptr
address of i
int *ptr;
ptr = &i;
printf("i = %d\n", i);
Output:
printf("*ptr = %d\n", *ptr);
printf("ptr = %p\n", ptr);
i = 5
printf("address of i = %p\n", &i);
*ptr = 5
value of ptr =
address of i
in memory
printf("address of ptr = %p\n", &ptr); ptr =0022FF18
address of i = 0022FF18
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address of ptr = 0022FF1C
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Example (4)
Output:
x is 0
*p is 0
x is 1
x is 2
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Example (5)
Trace the execution of the following fragment
int m = 10, n = 5;
int *mp, *np;
mp = &m;
np = &n;
*mp = *mp + *np;
*np = *mp *np;
printf("%d %d\n%d %d\n", m, *mp, n, *np);
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Output:
15 15
10 10
Examples
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Example (6)
Write function to find the sum and the difference between two numbers.
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Example (7)
Write a function to :
1. Find the number of digits in a given number
2. Sum of digits
3. Reverse a number
Example:
Please enter a number: 123
number of digits = 3
sum of digits=6
reverse=321
Code
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Example (8)
Exchanges the values of
the two integer variables
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Example (9)
Identify and correct the errors in the following code fragment, given the
correct output (%p is used to print a pointer):
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Example (10): Output
The final value of j is 15.
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Example (11)
C program to find square and cube of given number
Please enter a number : 2
square=4
cube=8
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Example (12)
code
Output:
num1=2 num2=3 res=0 x=3
num1=2 num2=3 res=4 x=3
num1=2 num2=3 res=6 x=4
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Question?
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Robert Collier
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References:
Problem Solving & Program Design in C (main reference)
http://www.programmingsimplified.com/c-program-print-stars-pyramid
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