पॉइंटर एक वेरिएबल है जो दूसरे वेरिएबल के एड्रेस को स्टोर करता है।
पॉइंटर का सिंटैक्स इस प्रकार है -
pointer = &variable;
उदाहरण
सी भाषा का उपयोग करने वाले पॉइंटर्स की अवधारणा के लिए सी प्रोग्राम निम्नलिखित है -
#include<stdio.h>
void main(){
//Declaring variables and pointer//
int a=2;
int *p;
//Declaring relation between variable and pointer//
p=&a;
//Printing required example statements//
printf("Size of the integer is %d\n",sizeof (int));//4//
printf("Address of %d is %d\n",a,p);//Address value//
printf("Value of %d is %d\n",a,*p);//2//
printf("Value of next address location of %d is %d\n",a,*(p+1));//Garbage value from (p+1) address//
printf("Address of next address location of %d is %d\n",a,(p+1));//Address value +4//
//Typecasting the pointer//
//Initializing and declaring character data type//
//a=2 = 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000010//
char *p0;
p0=(char*)p;
//Printing required statements//
printf("Size of the character is %d\n",sizeof(char));//1//
printf("Address of %d is %d\n",a,p0);//Address Value(p)//
printf("Value of %d is %d\n",a,*p0);//First byte of value a - 2//
printf("Value of next address location of %d is %d\n",a,*(p0+1));//Second byte of value a - 0//
printf("Address of next address location of %d is %d\n",a,(p0+1));//Address value(p)+1//
} आउटपुट
जब उपरोक्त प्रोग्राम को निष्पादित किया जाता है, तो यह निम्नलिखित परिणाम उत्पन्न करता है -
Size of the integer is 4 Address of 2 is 6422028 Value of 2 is 2 Value of next address location of 2 is 463824 Address of next address location of 2 is 6422032 Size of the character is 1 Address of 2 is 6422028 Value of 2 is 2 Value of next address location of 2 is 0 Address of next address location of 2 is 6422029