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Auteur: Boruch Baum
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Aan: dng
Onderwerp: Re: [DNG] Making sense of C pointer syntax.
Why on this list, of all the possible places in Creation? It's a great
and important topic, but have you found no other, more appropriate forum?

On 03/28/2016 02:50 AM, Edward Bartolo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As the title of the email indicates, I am doing some exercises to make
> sense out of C pointer syntax. I have been using pointers for as long
> as I have been programming without issues, apart from the usual
> initial programmatic errors when new code is run for the first time.
> However, C pointer syntax is proving to be as unintuitive as it can
> be. For this reason, I am doing some exercises regarding C pointer
> use.
>
> I am attaching two short C programs that I created and which I tested
> to work although the mechanism by which they work is still somewhat
> hazy to me. Both programs use a function to change the value of a
> parameter. I want to understand, as opposed to knowing by rote, the
> mechanism why they work. Please note that I didn't consult any books
> to create the pointers. This is because I have already the concepts,
> but I cannot make sense, as in deeply understanding the details, of
> pointer syntax as used in C.
>
> Edward
>
>
>
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