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Pointers toArrays
Arrays andpointerscloselyrelated
Array namelikeconstantpointer
Pointerscandoarraysubscriptingoperations

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Accessingarrayelementswithpointers
Elementb[n] canbeaccessedby*(bPtr + n)
Calledpointer/offsetnotation

Addresses
&b[3] sameasbPtr + 3

Lecture11:Pointers&Arrays

Value :Arraynamecanbetreatedaspointer
b[3] sameas *(b + 3)

Pointerscanbesubscripted(pointer/subscript
notation)
bPtr[3] sameasb[3]

Pointers toArrays
Apointervariablecanbeusedtoaccesstheelements
ofanarrayofthesametype.
Output
92 75 92 75 88 92 75

Pointers to2DArrays
int score[2][3] = {{92,85,75},{88,79,54}};
int *sPtr = score;
[Error]cannotconvert'int (*)[3]'to'int*'ininitialization

Arraystyle
int *sPtr = score; isequivalentto int *sPtr = &score[0];
Pointerstyle

score[0] isint arrayof3element{92,85,75}

Usepointernameas
arrayname

&score[0] returnsint (*) [3] notint *

Usearraynameas
pointername

NotethatthearraynamegradeList actslikethe
pointervariablemyGrades.

int score[2][3] = {{92,85,75},{88,79,54}};

int (*sPtr) [3] = score;

Inthiscase,sPtr++willmovetheaddressby4*3bytes

Pointers to2DArrays

Pointers to2DArrays

score[0][0]
score[0][1]
score[0][2]

int [3]

score[0]
actsasint *

score
actsasint **
Output

sPtr = 0x22fe20
sPtr+1 = 0x22fe2c
*sPtr = 0x22fe20
**sPtr = 92
*(sPtr+1) = 0x22fe2c
**(sPtr+1) = 88

int

score[1][0]
score[1][1]
score[1][2]

score[1]

Arraynameactslikeapointer

Pointers to2DArrays
sPtr

score[0]

score[0][0]

Arrayname
ofint [3]

int

*sPtr =valueofscore[0]
Score[0]isarraynamethatactsaspointertoscore[0][0]
Valueofscore[0]becomesaddressofscore[0][0]

*sPtr =addressofscore[0][0]

Pointers to2DArrays
sPtr

score[0]

score[0][0]

Arrayname
ofint [3]

int

**sPtr =*score[0]=valueofscore[0][0]
score[0]isarraynamethatactsaspointertoscore[0][0]

sPtr+1

score[1]

score[1][0]

Arrayname
ofint [3]

int

(Actaspointerstoresaddressofscore[1][0])

Pointers to2DArrays

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Pointers to2DArrays
Usepointer
nameasarray
name
Usearray
nameas
pointername

Output

Output
sPtr[0][0] = 92
*sPtr[1] = 88
(*sPtr)[1] = 85
**score = 92
**(score+1) = 88
*(*score+1) = 85

**sPtr = 92
**(sPtr+1) = 88
*(*sPtr+1) = 85
*(*(sPtr+1)+2) = 54

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Pointers to2DArrays

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ArraysofPointers
ArraythatcontainsNpointers

type *name[N]
Output

sPtr = 0x22fe20
sPtr+1 = 0x22fe24
*sPtr = 92
*(sPtr+1) = 85
*(sPtr+4) = 79

Pointerthatpointstoarray

type (* name)[N]

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ArraysofPointers
sPtr[0] =
sPtr[1] =
sPtr[2] =
sPtr[3] =
a = 1000
b = 500
c = 100
d = 50

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ArraysofPointers
Output
0x22fe2c
0x22fe28
0x22fe24
0x22fe20

Output
name[0] = Luffy
name[1] = Zoro
(int*) name[0] = 0x488000
(int*) name[1] = 0x488006
*name[0] = L
*name[1] = Z
*(name[0]+1) = u
*(name[0]+2) = f

Similarto
stringname[]={"Luffy","Zoro","Nami","Usopp","Sanji"};
cout <<"name[0]="<<name[0]<<"\n";
cout <<"name[1]="<<name[1]<<"\n;
//Deferencing operator*cannotbeusedforC++stringobject

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Example11A:DestinyDraw

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Example11A:DestinyDraw
Passbypointer(pointtodeck[0][0])

Arrayofchar
Arrayof
char*
Ifdeck[row][col]isequalto0
setdeck[row][col] = i
dptr
dptr+1
Functioncalling(passaddressofdeck[0][0])
pointerdptr = &deck[0][0]

dptr+12
dptr+13
dptr+13+1

deck[0][0]
deck[0][1]
deck[0][2]
deck[0][12]
deck[1][0]
dect[1][1]

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Example11A:DestinyDraw

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Example11A:DestinyDraw
Passbyarray(deck)

Passbypointer
(pointtocount)

char *
Functioncall

char