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1 Lecture 9 POINTER & REFERENCE VARIABLES Declaring data pointer variables Assignment operations with pointers Referring objects using pointer variables Generic pointers Operations with pointer variables Arrays and pointers Reference variables (only in C++)
2 Pointers A pointer is a variable that holds a memory address. In terms of content memory area addressed by the pointer variables, distinguish two categories: pointers to data contain the addresses of variables or constant values; pointers to functions contain addresses of executable code (functions).
3 Declaring pointers of data A data pointer declaration takes the following form: type * variable_name; where: type may be any type of data (fundamental, derived or defined by the user); variable_ name is an identifier. ( * ) is the indirection (or dereference) operator, and it indicates that variable_name is a pointer.
4 Declaring pointers of data Examples of pointer declaration int * ptr1; char * ptr2; float * ptr3; double * ptr4; int ** ptr5; void * ptr; float * p_r = 0; // pointer to int // pointer to char // pointer to float // pointer to double // pointer to an int pointer (double indirection) // generic pointer - may address any type of data // declaration with initialization
5 Pointers int var1= 7; int * ptr1 ; ptr1 = &var1; *ptr1 dereferences ptr1 to get to what it points to, and is equivalent to var1; this expression returns the contents of the location to which ptr1 indicates.
6 Pointers #include <stdio.h> void main() { int iv=10,*iptr; printf("\nthe address of variable iv: %p\n", &iv); printf("\nvalue of iv= %d\n", iv); iptr=&iv; printf("\nvalue of iptr: %p\n", iptr); printf("\niptr address the object: %d\n", *iptr); *iptr=20; printf("\nnow iv has the value %d\n", iv); }
7 Assignment operation with pointers Assignment operation pointers may take addresses of objects (variables or constants) that are already allocated in memory or addresses derived from the operations of dynamic memory allocation or the constant NULL (0). assignment may be made only if the type of pointer and the type of data which address takes are identical.
8 Assignment operation with pointers int var1; int *p1; p1 = &var1; double var2; double *p2; p2 = &var2; p2 = &var1; p1 = 0; // error, is assigned an address of a pointer of type // int to a pointer of double // correct - 0 does not refer to any memory address p1 = NULL; p1 = 0xFF00; int *p1, *p2; float *p3; p1 = p2 ; p3 = p2 ; // correct NULL is a constant with 0 value // error, not permitted to assign only the constant 0 or // an address of an object // correct - pointers are the same type // error - pointers are of different types
9 Assignment operation with pointers For assignement is important that the pointer variable type and type of data from the address taken to be identical, otherwise obtain an error message. Constant 0 (NULL) may be assigned to any pointer variable. Uninitialized pointer variables, similarly to any variable, take value 0 if they a global or static declared, and residual values for automatic variables. It is important that any pointer variable is initialized with a valid value, 0 or address of an object allocated in memory, before being used. Misuse of pointers may cause uncontrolled effects on the program development.
10 Referring objects by pointers It considers the sequence: tip object_name; tip* pointer_name; pointer_name = & object_name; Syntax to referring the object by the pointer: *nume_pointer Operation is named indirection or pointing Expression *nume_pointer can be used both as rvalue and the lvalue.
11 Referring objects by pointers Example int var1=7, var2; int * ptr1 = &var1; var2 = *ptr1; *ptr1 = 10;
12 Generic Pointers You can define pointers to type void. They may take as value addresses of any data type and are called generic pointers. int vi=10; double vr = 1.5; void * pv; pv = NULL; pv = &vi; pv = &vr; // correct // correct // correct For generic pointers indirection it is necessary to specify how to interpret this using explicit conversion. printf( %d, *(int*)pv); // void*pointer is converted at int* printf( %lf, *(double*)pv); // void*pointer is converted at // double*
13 Operations with pointers Assignment int vi=10; int * pi = 0; pi = &vi; Operators address (&) and sizeof π sizeof(pi); Relational operations (> (greater), >= (greater or equal), < (less), <= (less or equal), == (equal),!= (diffrent)). int*p1, *p2; if(p1<p2) printf( p1<p2 ); if(p1==0) printf( p1 is 0 so it not address any object );
14 Operations with pointers Arithmetical operations ( + (addition), - (subtraction), ++ (incrementation), -- (decrementation)) int var1, var2, *ptr; ptr = &var1; ptr = ptr +1; Expression (ptr + 1) is a movement in memory with one int (a number of bytes equal to sizeof (int)) float *pf; pf +4; pf++; pf--; // movement with sizeof(float)*4 (16 bytes) // pf increases with 4 bytes // pf decreases with 4 bytes
15 Arrays and pointers int vector[6]; The name of an array is a memory address (a constant pointer ).
16 Arrays and pointers int vector[6]; vector - equivalent to - &vector[0] vector equivalent to - &vector[1] vector equivalent to - &vector[2]... Or: *vector - equivalent to - vector[0] *(vector + 1) - equivalent to - vector[1] *(vector + 2) - equivalent to - vector[2]... or: *vector - equivalent to - vector[0] *vector equivalent to - vector[0] + 1 *vector equivalent to - vector[0] + 2
17 Arrays and pointers float tab[20], *ptr; ptr = tab; tab= ptr; // correct // error, tab is a constant &tab[0] = = tab ; &tab[2] = = tab+2 ; tab[0] = = *tab ; tab[2] = = *(tab+2) ; tab++ ; ptr++ ; // true // true // true // error, tab is a constant // correct
18 Arrays and pointers char *str = STRING ; The elements of the character string can be referred using the pointer str. Expression *str is the first element of the string, ie the character S. Expression *(str+1) is the second element of the string, ie the character T.
19 Arrays and pointers Example of copying strings void CopyString (char *dest, char *src) { while (*dest++ = *src++) ; }
20 Arrays and pointers Multi-dimensional arrays are arrays with elements array, so that the name of the array (without index) is a pointer arrays, (pointer to a pointer). float m[10][10]; float *p; p = m; p=(float*)m; // m is a pointer to pointer of 10 float // p is a float pointer // error, different types // correct, is used an explicit type conversion
21 Arrays and pointers int matrix[3][4] = { { 10, 20, 30, 40 }, { 50, 60, 70, 80 }, { 90, 100, 110, 120 } }; - matrix is a pointer, is a memory address of 4 int array - matrix[0], matrix[1], matrix[2] are pointers of int
22 Arrays and pointers int mat[3][4]= {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12}; int i, j; printf("\nmemory address: %u, %u, %u", mat, mat[0], &mat[0][0]); printf("\nmemory address: %u, %u, %u", mat+1, mat[1], &mat[1][0]); printf("\nuse indexes :"); printf("\n %u, %u, %d", mat, mat[0], mat[0][0]); printf("\n %u, %u, %d", mat+1, mat[1], mat[1][0]); printf("\nuse pointers:"); printf("\n %u, %u, %d", mat, *mat, **mat); printf("\n %u, %u, %d", mat+1, *(mat+1), **(mat+1));
23 Arrays and pointers for(i=0 ; i<3 ; i++) { printf("\n"); for(j = 0 ; j<4 ; j++) printf("%4d", mat[ i ][ j ]); } for(i=0 ; i<3 ; i++) { printf("\n"); for(j = 0 ; j<4 ; j++) printf("%4d", *( *( mat+i ) + j)); }
24 Reference variables (only in C++) A reference (&) is an alias for an object A reference is like a constant pointer that is automatically dereferenced For example, int x; int & r = x; x = 15; both x and r will denote the value 15.
25 Reference variables (only in C++) A reference must be initialized when it is created. (Pointers can be initialized at any time.) Once a reference is initialized to an object, it cannot be changed to refer to another object. (Pointers can be pointed to another object at any time.) You cannot have NULL references. You must always be able to assume that a reference is connected to a legitimate piece of storage.
26 Reference variables (only in C++) Independent references are rarely used. Instead, use of references as formal parameters allows simple and efficient transfer of data between functions.
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