int a = 10;
int* b = &a;
int c = 4;
int* d = &c;
(*d)++;
d = b;
*d = c - *b;
cout << a << " " << c;
Output
5 -5
I am having difficulties understanding pointers, like I know that *something means the value its pointing at, and &something means its the address, but is it possible for someone to walk me through this question as I believe it will clear all my doubts and help me understand better.
Thanks in advance.
> (*d)++;
This means increment whatever d is pointing to.
Since it seems to be pointing at c, it's going to increment c.
> cout << a << " " << c;
There's nothing stopping you pasting this statement between every other line to see how things change.
ok so basically it means that
*b=&a
b=10
?
ok so basically it means that
*b=&a
b=10
?
I suppose
int a = 10;
a is an integer with value 10
int* b = &a;
b is a pointer to an integer which points to the address of a
int c = 4;
c is an integer with value 4
int* d = &c;
d is a pointer to an integer which points to the address of c
(*d)++;
d is dereferenced which has the value of c which is 4 and ++ will make it value of 5
if a pointer is pointing to an address putting * to a pointer will "dereference" it meaning getting the value.
d = b;
d is equal to b meaning d points to the same address as b
*d = c - *b;
d derefrenced value is equal to c = 5 - derefrenced b = 10 = -5
remember d is pointing to same address as b which points to a so whatever changed to d
will have effect on a so thats why cout << a has -5
and c is = 5
cout << a << " " << c;
Output
5 -5
O ok, that makes sense. Thank you for your help, really appreciate it.
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