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Pointers In C : Complete Tutorial

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Each memory location that we use to store the data hase an address in computre memory (RAM). Computer Hardware i.e. CPU uses this addess to reference to a particular data item. A pointer is a variable that stores the address of another variable.
A pointer is a variable that represents the location of a data item, such as a variable or an array element. Pointers are used frequently in C, as they have a number of useful applications. For example, pointers can be used to pass information back and forth between a function and its reference point. Pointers provide a way to return multiple data items from a function via function arguments to
be specified as arguments to a given function.
Pointers are also closely associated with arrays and therefore provide an alternate way to access individual array elements.
Within the computer?s memory, every stored data item occupies one or more adjacent memory cells. The number of memory cells required to store a data item depends on the type of data item. For example, a single character will be stored in 1 byte of memory integer usually requires two adjacent bytes, a floating point number may require four adjacent bytes.    more...

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