The C Programming Language - Pointers

Contents
Introduction ____________________________________________________ 5
Representation of Code, Variable- and Function Names _________________ 5
1 Pointers ____________________________________________________ 6
1.1 Definition of a Pointer _________________________________________ 7
1.2 Examples with Pointers ________________________________________ 7
1.3 Address Assignment of Pointers ________________________________ 11
1.3.1 Direct Address Assignment __________________________________________ 12
1.4 Pointer of Pointers ___________________________________________ 14
1.5 Pointer Arithmetic ___________________________________________ 15
1.6 Pointer to Arrays ____________________________________________ 16
1.7 Array of Pointers ____________________________________________ 17
1.8 Programming Example Chessboard _____________________________ 18
1.9 Passing Pointers to Functions __________________________________ 19
1.10 Passing Arrays to Functions ____________________________________ 21
1.11 Return a Pointer from Functions ________________________________ 22