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PSP Unit 5 Pointers

Pointers are variables that store the address of other variables. A pointer variable contains the address of the variable it points to. Pointer arithmetic and dereferencing allow manipulating data using pointers. Arithmetic operations can be performed on pointer variables similar to regular variables.

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Pointers

 A pointer is a variable which stores the address

of another variable.
 A pointer is a derive data type in ‘C’.
 Pointers can be used to access and manipulate
data stored in memory.

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Advantages of Pointers
 Pointers are more efficient in handling arrays and data
tables.
 Pointers can be used to return multiple values from a
function.
 Pointers allow ‘C’ to support dynamic memory
management.
 Pointers provide an efficient tool for manipulating
dynamic data structures such as stack, queue etc.

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Declaring Pointer variable
DataType *Pointer_var_name;

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Declaring Pointer variable
DataType *Pointer_var_name;

Example:
int *ptr;
int Var;

Var=10;
ptr=&Var;

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Example Program
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
int a, *p;

a=38;
p=&a;

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Example Program
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
int a, *p;

a=38;
p=&a;

printf("&a=%x a=%d\n", &a,a);

printf("p=%x *p=%d\n",p,*p);

May 20, 2024 CSE, BMSCE 6

Example Program
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
int a, *p;

a=38;
p=&a;

printf("&a=%x a=%d\n", &a,a);

printf("p=%x *p=%d\n",p,*p);

Output:
}
&a=fb6f9c a=38
p=fb6f9c *p=38

May 20, 2024 CSE, BMSCE 7

Question
Find the output of following program
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
int a, *p;
float b, *q;

a=38;
p=&a;
printf("&a=%x a=%d\n",&a,a);
printf("p=%x *p=%d\n",p,*p);

b=47.5;
q=&b;
printf("&b=%x b=%f\n",&b,b);
printf("q=%x *q=%f\n",q,*q);
}

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Question
Find the output of following program
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
int a, *p;
float b, *q;

a=38;
p=&a;
printf("&a=%x a=%d\n",&a,a);
printf("p=%x *p=%d\n",p,*p);

b=47.5;
q=&b; Output:
printf("&b=%x b=%f\n",&b,b); &a=a0e98050 a=38
printf("q=%x *q=%f\n",q,*q); p=a0e98050 *p=38
} &b=a0e98054 b=47.50
q=a0e98054 *q=47.50

May 20, 2024 CSE, BMSCE 9

Pointer Expressions and Pointer Arithmetic

Write a program to find area and printf ( "Enter radius of a circle " ) ;
perimeter of a circle using pointers scanf ( "%d", &radius ) ;

#include<stdio.h> areaperi ( radius, &area, &perimeter ) ;

void areaperi ( int r, float *a, float *p )
{ printf ( "Area = %f", area ) ;
*a = 3.14 * r * r ; printf ( "Perimeter = %f", perimeter ) ;
*p = 2 * 3.14 * r ; }
}
Output
void main( )
{
int radius ;
float area, perimeter ;

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Write a c program to test whether a number is
positive, negative ,or equal to zero

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Program to add two numbers using pointers

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
int num1, num2, sum;
int *ptr1, *ptr2;

ptr1 = &num1; // ptr1 stores the address of

num1
ptr2 = &num2; // ptr2 stores the address of
num2

printf("Enter any two numbers: ");

scanf("%d%d", ptr1, ptr2);

sum = ptr1 + ptr2;