This page covers the following topics related to
Pointers in C : Definition of a pointer, Starting offl, Interlude: Declaration
syntax, Assignment and pointers, Dereferencing, Interlude: Arrays, Pointer
arithmetic , Indexing, Interlude: Structures and unions, Multiple indirection, Pointers and const, Function pointers, Strings.
This document explains how pointers and memory work and how to use them
from the basic concepts through all the major programming techniques. For each
topic there is a combination of discussion, sample C code, and drawings.
This document is intended to introduce pointers to beginning programmers
in the C programming language. Topics covered includes: What is a pointer, Pointer types
and Arrays, Pointers and Strings, Pointers and Structures, Arrays of Strings,
Multi-Dimensional Arrays, Pointers to Arrays, Pointers and Dynamic Allocation of
Memory and Pointers to Functions.