On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:51:19 +0200 (CEST) k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Rainer Weikusat: > ... > > One thing to note here: Every C pointer is really a pointer to an > > array of values, although the size of the array may just be one. > ... > > I thought it was the other way around, a pointer is just an address to > some (a single) memory location which can be part of an array
You're both right. A pointer is definitely an address of a single memory address of a single byte or char or int or whatever, but that single memory address *could* be the first element of an array, thus defining the beginning location of the whole array. And of course the end of the array must be defined by a second pointer, an integer length, or a sentinel value such as '\0' or NULL. char *p; p="01234"; /* skeezy, but makes the point */ printf("p points to char %c\n", *p); printf("p indicates start of string %s\n", p); SteveT Steve Litt March 2016 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng