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Re: Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Reverend Jim …, once I was done she also understood fragmentation and file pointers as well as the difference between a full and quick… Re: Pointers 15 Years Ago by Lerner … change is reflected wherever that appointment might be used. Pointers allow that to happen. Or let's say that … the size of the compiler stack, but by using pointers I can access memory outside the compiler stack using dynamic…the specific derived class by using the same function call. Pointers allow that to happen to. There are probably other … Re: Pointers 14 Years Ago by AuburnMathTutor Pointers are used for exactly what you say: referring to something (… pretty neat. If you want specific examples of cool things pointers allow you to do, say so and I'm sure… Re: Pointers and Memory 14 Years Ago by L7Sqr … you've got a container that holds two types of pointers and you've no way to distinguish between them. Smart… pointers can help this to a certain extent but they do … about the design of your code. Either A) decide that pointers in containers should *never* be deleted and any scope inserting… Re: Pointers in Java?? 13 Years Ago by JamesCherrill Pointers are only useful if you are working with memory locations. … do arithmetic on them, but references are otherwize much like pointers. If you try to use a reference variable that is…. So, short answer: Java has references which are just like pointers except that they are maintained entirely by the JRE, not… Re: pointers to read memory 13 Years Ago by Panathinaikos22 Pointers are a bit dificult but are and a bit funny ;pp can be used to grow up your brain ;p hahah [IMG]http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/1041/45139928.png[/IMG] Pointers 20 Years Ago by Stack Overflow …been modified, and code examples improved. Previous tutorial, Pointers #2, has been combined in this revision.[/font] … of all levels to greaten their understanding of pointers, and why they are pertinent to your everyday…}[/code]Example 1.1: An incomplete look at pointers Pointers and addresses require allocation to store its data. Unlike… Re: Pointers 14 Years Ago by mike_2000_17 … what makes them safer, but also makes (smart) pointers the only candidate for dynamic memory allocation). But now…, considering smart pointers, many people now call pointers like "char*" or "…non-re-seatability of references become inconvenient. Also, pointers and references play a great role in static … Re: Pointers 17 Years Ago by TkTkorrovi …physical location of many objects, for any rearrangement. Pointers are often members of the structures, which makes the… into more complex arrangements. There are also function pointers, which enable to refer to different functions as …be for someone who yet knows nothing about pointers. Concerning the pointers tutorial, one of the classic ones is… Re: Pointers 14 Years Ago by nickamoin its ok I learn more about pointers thanks Re: Pointers 11 Years Ago by Learner010 … and therefore never forget to specify the specific topic(like pointers with array , const pointer , pointer to pointer , …couldn't success. what problem you are facing with pointers ? pointer variable is such a variable that store …are not hard to learn.i'll wrtie on pointers very soon.[this](http://eternallyconfuzzled.com/tuts/languages/… Re: Pointers 17 Years Ago by Aia …written in articles, tutorials and book chapters about [B][I]pointers[/I][/B] in C programming. A typical approach would be…more convinient. Those instruments of payment are "[I][B]pointers[/B][/I]" to the real money, if we can…green" again. In fact without these "[I][B]pointers[/B][/I]" to real money, stock market would come… *Pointers 20 Years Ago by JoBe Hello ladies and gents, Ive been reading about pointers abit and at there are two pieces of text in …the book about pointers wich aren't clear to me, was wondering if any…'t understand however what's happening with the example with pointers? Any additional info is greatly appreciated as usual ;) Re: Pointers or not? 16 Years Ago by Sci@phy …][m];[/ICODE]. Yes, you have to use pointers. Don't worry, they're not too scary…. And using 2D array of pointers is a little itchy. First, you have to… create pointer to array of pointers of size m: [CODE=cplusplus] int** array … for each pointer-to-pointer to make m new pointers to int: [CODE=cplusplus] for (int i … Pointers 15 Years Ago by mani_singh …, I am reading a book on c++. It talks about pointers and how to use them. I dont understand what the… point of pointers is. Mainly, why would someone need them and what can… thing (same value). i am having a hard time understanding pointers, please kindly explain. i am having a pointers 9 Years Ago by swekast … my doubt is if iam doing the same program using pointers i am getting "CONVERITNG INT** INT* is NOT POSSIBLE…; *y=*y+3; return (&y); } iam very weak in pointers can you suggest me how to improve my skills in… Re: Pointers? 16 Years Ago by Alex Edwards …=lil_panda;642468]Are there, in any way, shape, or form, pointers in java like there are in C and C++? If… 873 page book doesn't explain pointers.[/QUOTE] Technically, all reference-variables in Java are pointers. The only differences are that you… Re: Pointers 13 Years Ago by DeanMSands3 …the flamingos burn. Description : Algebraic Complement in C with Pointers ============================================================================ */ #include <stdio.h> #include…matrix=(int**)malloc(rows*sizeof(int*)); //Allocate pointers to rows printf("Matrix allocated!\n"… Re: *Pointers 20 Years Ago by Dave Sinkula … though it might appear to be. But I find typedefing pointers to be obfuscatory. I'm sure Narue will have a… Re: *Pointers 20 Years Ago by Dave Sinkula … declare like this. [code]char* a;[/code] To declare two pointers, then, s/he might try this. [code]char* a, b… Pointers 17 Years Ago by Firestone I understand what pointers are, but I don't understand why they are useful. I have read many tutorials about pointers, and yet I still don't know why someone would want to use one. Could anyone explain it to me? Or give me a link to something that explains it well? Thanks in advance for any help. Pointers? 16 Years Ago by lil_panda Are there, in any way, shape, or form, pointers in java like there are in C and C++? If so, do I declare them the same way as in C++? My 873 page book doesn't explain pointers. Re: Pointers? 16 Years Ago by sciwizeh all java variables are references, but in the future please search the forums [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113985&highlight=pointers[/url] [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119308&highlight=pointers[/url] [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/search3910597.html[/url] Pointers or not? 16 Years Ago by DemonGal711 … way to handle this? I figure I have to use pointers to accomplish this, but is that the best way to… suggestions on how to tackle this. I'm new to pointers so I'm not sure what to try. Re: Pointers or not? 16 Years Ago by DemonGal711 …-D array. So, basically I'm making an array of pointers, passing that array to my function, and then using the… pointers to figure out which array I'm using? It's … Re: pointers 16 Years Ago by csurfer … - pointer2 = difference in number of adresses (they should be pointers to same type of variables as against the case in… variable subtraction) 5) Addition of pointers is not feasible but all addition of numeric constants to…. 6) Multiplication division and all cannot be applied to pointers. I hope this was of some help... Re: pointers 15 Years Ago by vmanes One reason to compare pointers is to compare two pointers for equality (or inequality) to determine if they are pointing … only way in which the data pointed to by array pointers can be compared in any meaningful way is if they… pointers 14 Years Ago by Ayaat Monem … seams to use an array 2D, how can I use pointers in this problem? or can I solve it without… pointers? I can't get the idea! Thanks in advance I … Pointers 14 Years Ago by xcarbonx Hi, im just a beginner in C++ and was wondering what exactly are pointers used for? Are they just to refer back to something or are they used differently than that? I was reading through the chapter on pointers in my programming book and it doesn't really clarify. Re: Pointers 14 Years Ago by green-fresh … for 2 reasons and of course it has more: 1-pointers are used as a 'reference': which that mean that if…: that we can allocate a variable size for array using pointers with(new & delete): and of course we use pointer…