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Pointers and Pointer

Operators in C
by Prakhar mishra
Increment Operators: Incrementing Pointer
Values
Pre-increment (++p) Post-increment (p++)

Increments the pointer value before using it. Increments the pointer value after using it.

int *p = &x; // p points to x int *p = &x; // p points to x


++p; // p now points to the next integer after p++; // p now points to the next integer after
x x
Decrement Operators: Decrementing Pointer
Values
Pre-decrement (--p) Post-decrement (p--)

Decrements the pointer value before using it. Decrements the pointer value after using it.

int *p = &x; // p points to x int *p = &x; // p points to x


--p; // p now points to the integer before x p--; // p now points to the integer before x
Addition Operator: Adding an Integer to a
Pointer
Adding an integer to a pointer

Moves the pointer forward in memory by the specified number of elements.

int *p = &x; // p points to x


p += 2; // p now points to the integer 2 elements after x
Subtraction Operator: Subtracting an Integer
from a Pointer
Subtracting an integer from a pointer

Moves the pointer backward in memory by the specified number of elements.

int *p = &x; // p points to x


p -= 2; // p now points to the integer 2 elements before x
Comparison of Same Type of Pointers:
Comparing Pointer Values
Relational Operators (==, !=, <, >, <=, >=)

Compare the addresses stored in pointers of the same type.

int *p1 = &x; // p1 points to x


int *p2 = &y; // p2 points to y
if (p1 == p2) { ... } // Check if p1 and p2 point to the same location
Assignment of Pointers of the Same Type:
Assigning Pointer Values
Assigning pointer values

Copies the address stored in one pointer to another pointer of the same type.

int *p1 = &x; // p1 points to x


int *p2 = p1; // p2 now also points to x
Code Examples and Memory Representations
Example Code Memory Representation

Before:
x: 10 at address 0x1000
int x = 10; y: 20 at address 0x1004
z: 30 at address 0x1008
int y = 20;
int z = 30; After:
int *p = &x; // p points to x (address of x) x: 10 at address 0x1000
y: 20 at address 0x1004
int *q = &y; // q points to y (address of y) z: 30 at address 0x1008
printf("Address of x: %p\n", &x); p points to 0x1008
printf("Address of y: %p\n", &y); q points to 0x1008
printf("Address of z: %p\n", &z);
printf("Value pointed to by p: %d\n", *p);
p++; // p now points to the next integer after x
printf("Value pointed to by p: %d\n", *p);
p += 2; // p now points to the integer 2 elements after x
printf("Value pointed to by p: %d\n", *p);
if (p == q) {
printf("p and q point to the same location\n");
}
q = p; // q now also points to the same location as p
printf("Value pointed to by q: %d\n", *q);
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