cpp/CPrimerPlus6E/Ch10/ptr_ops.c

// ptr_ops.c -- pointer operations
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
    int urn[5] = {100,200,300,400,500};
    int * ptr1, * ptr2, *ptr3;
    
    ptr1 = urn;         // assign an address to a pointer
    ptr2 = &urn[2];     // ditto
    // dereference a pointer and take
    // the address of a pointer
    printf("pointer value, dereferenced pointer, pointer address:\n");
    printf("ptr1 = %p, *ptr1 =%d, &ptr1 = %p\n",
           ptr1, *ptr1, &ptr1);
    
    // pointer addition
    ptr3 = ptr1 + 4;
    printf("\nadding an int to a pointer:\n");
    printf("ptr1 + 4 = %p, *(ptr4 + 3) = %d\n",
           ptr1 + 4, *(ptr1 + 3));
    ptr1++;            // increment a pointer
    printf("\nvalues after ptr1++:\n");
    printf("ptr1 = %p, *ptr1 =%d, &ptr1 = %p\n",
           ptr1, *ptr1, &ptr1);
    ptr2--;            // decrement a pointer
    printf("\nvalues after --ptr2:\n");
    printf("ptr2 = %p, *ptr2 = %d, &ptr2 = %p\n",
           ptr2, *ptr2, &ptr2);
    --ptr1;            // restore to original value
    ++ptr2;            // restore to original value
    printf("\nPointers reset to original values:\n");
    printf("ptr1 = %p, ptr2 = %p\n", ptr1, ptr2);
    // subtract one pointer from another
    printf("\nsubtracting one pointer from another:\n");
    printf("ptr2 = %p, ptr1 = %p, ptr2 - ptr1 = %td\n",
           ptr2, ptr1, ptr2 - ptr1);
    // subtract an integer from a pointer
    printf("\nsubtracting an int from a pointer:\n");
    printf("ptr3 = %p, ptr3 - 2 = %p\n",
           ptr3,  ptr3 - 2);
    
    return 0;
}