cplusplus:pointers_3
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====== Pointers 3 ====== | ====== Pointers 3 ====== | ||
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+ | Pointers, arrays, arithmetic.((Portions loosely adapted from: FIXME)) | ||
===== Pointers and arrays ===== | ===== Pointers and arrays ===== | ||
- | Arrays and pointers in C++ are very closely related. In C++ an array name is like a constant pointer: the block of memory where array name points cannot be changed, but what is stored there can change. | + | Arrays and pointers in C++ are very closely related. In C++ an array name is like a constant pointer: the block of memory where an array name points cannot be changed, but what is stored there can change. |
The relationship is so close that you can use pointer operators with array names: | The relationship is so close that you can use pointer operators with array names: | ||
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===== Pointer arithmetic ===== | ===== Pointer arithmetic ===== | ||
- | C++ lets you perform arithmetic on pointer variables; however, //pointer arithmetic works differently from normal arithmetic!// | + | C++ lets you perform arithmetic on pointer variables; however, //pointer arithmetic works differently from normal arithmetic!// |
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+ | In other words, adding 1 to a pointer makes it point to the next block of memory corresponding to the size of the underlying type; subtracting 1 from a pointer makes it point to the previous block of memory corresponding to the size of the underlying type. This is really only meaningful when performed on an array. | ||
<file cpp pointer-math.cpp> | <file cpp pointer-math.cpp> | ||
+ | /** Pointer arithmetic. */ | ||
#include < | #include < | ||
using namespace std; | using namespace std; | ||
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Subtracting one pointer from another returns the number of elements between two addresses: | Subtracting one pointer from another returns the number of elements between two addresses: | ||
- | <file cpp pointer-subtraction.cpp> | + | <file cpp subtracting-pointers.cpp> |
+ | /** Subtracting pointers */ | ||
#include < | #include < | ||
using namespace std; | using namespace std; | ||
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<file cpp walk-down-array.cpp> | <file cpp walk-down-array.cpp> | ||
+ | /** Walking down an array. */ | ||
#include < | #include < | ||
using namespace std; | using namespace std; | ||
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int *vPtr = v; | int *vPtr = v; | ||
- | for(int i=0; i<5; i++) | + | for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) |
{ | { | ||
cout << *vPtr << endl; | cout << *vPtr << endl; | ||
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<file cpp walk-null-terminated.cpp> | <file cpp walk-null-terminated.cpp> | ||
+ | /** Walking down a null-terminated array. */ | ||
#include < | #include < | ||
using namespace std; | using namespace std; | ||
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==== Array arithmetic ==== | ==== Array arithmetic ==== | ||
- | ^ Operation | + | ^ Operation |
- | |< | + | |Increment |
- | |< | + | |Decrement |
- | |< | + | |Arithmetic |
- | |< | + | |Compound assignment |
valptr += 2; // points at 11</ | valptr += 2; // points at 11</ | ||
- | |< | + | |Pointer subtraction |
cplusplus/pointers_3.txt · Last modified: 2016/03/05 23:27 by mithat